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| An 1803 court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had the power to decide whether a law passed by Congress was constitutional and reject laws it considered unconstitutional | ||
| territory in western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million. | ||
| Jefferson tried to impeach Sam Chase from Supreme Court, but not enough votes in Senate to go through | ||
| Closed European ports to foreign shipping unless they stopped first in a British port. Important because prices and what was imported into US were affected. | ||
| Jefferson's election changed the direction of the government from Federalist to Democratic- Republican, so it was called a "revolution." | ||
| 1807 - The American ship Chesapeake refused to allow the British on the Leopard to board to look for deserters. In response, the Leopard fired on the Chesapeake. As a result of the incident, the U.S. expelled all British ships from its waters until Britain issued an apology. They surrendered the colony to the English on Sept. 8, 1664. | ||
| This act issued by Jefferson forbade American trading ships from leaving the U.S. It was meant to force Britain and France to change their policies towards neutral vessels by depriving them of American trade. It was difficult to enforce because it was opposed by merchants and everyone else whose livelihood depended upon international trade. It also hurt the national economy, so it was replaced by the Non-Intercourse Act. | ||
| Reopened trade w/ Britain & France. | ||
| In October of 1813, this confrontation was an American victory as the British troops fleeing from Perry's victory were defeated by General Harrison's army. | ||
| fought during the War of 1812 in central Alabama. On March 27, 1814, United States forces and Indian allies under General Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Sticks, a part of the Creek Indian tribe inspired by the Shawnee leader Tecumseh, effectively ending the Creek War. |
