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Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Chief Red Eagle of the Creeks surrendered to General Andrew Jackson after the battle of Horse Shoe Bend, leading to the opening of southern and western Alabama to white settlement.
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Battle of Tippecanoe
The Shawnees, led by Tenskwatawa, were defeated by the forces of William Henry Harrison at the Battle of Tippecanoe. Tecumseh’s confederation was weakened and Harrison’s reputation as a war hero was bolstered.
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Chesapeake Affair
The British frigate Leopard fired on the American warship Chesapeake. Three Americans were killed and the British removed four alleged British navy deserters.
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Election of 1800
In 1800, the nation again had a choice between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Adams had lost support through his attempt to remain neutral in the French-British conflict and through the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts. His own Federalist Party was split, and Adams came in third. Jefferson and his running mate Aaron Burr each received the same number of electoral votes. Under the Constitution, the election was then thrown into the Federalist-controlled House of Representatives. After six days and thirty-six ballots, the House of...
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Embargo of 1807
In an attempt to avert war, the United States imposed an embargo on foreign trade. The embargo was an unpopular and costly failure. It hurt the American economy far more than the British or French and resulted in widespread smuggling and unemployment.
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Jefferson re-elected president
Thomas Jefferson was re-elected president over Federalist challenger Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.
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John Marshall appointed chief justice
John Marshall was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court. Under his leadership, the Court established the judiciary’s right to declare federal and state laws unconstitutional.
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Marbury v. Madison
The landmark case of Marbury v. Madison (1803) established the practice of judicial review. William Marbury, to whom President Adams had given a judicial appointment near the end of his term, sued to have the Jefferson administration deliver the commission. Marshall wrote the unanimous opinion finding that, while Marbury was entitled to his commission, the Court could not deliver it because the section of the Judiciary Act of 1789 permitting the Court to issue writs was inconsistent with the Constitution. Thus the Supreme Court...
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Star-Spangled Banner written
Lawyer Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” while detained on a British warship during the War of 1812. The song eventually became the country’s national anthem.
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Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Ghent, signed by American and British diplomatic representatives on December 24, 1814, at Ghent, Belgium, brought a technical end to the War of 1812. The treaty returned both nations to the pre-war status quo, calling for all captured territory to be returned to the country that had possessed it before the war. It did not address the problems that precipitated the hostilities, but allowed for joint commissions to negotiate the northwest boundary dispute. The dispute regarding fishing rights and naval forces around the Great...