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Revolution of 1800
- A victory of Democratic Republicans over the Federalists causing the Federalists to lose their Congressional majority and the presidency.
patronage
- Political parties gave jobs and favors to party regulars who gave them votes on election day.
Judiciary Act of 1801
- From the Federalist Congress creating sixteen new federal judgeships that promised the Federalists a hold on the judiciary.
midnight judges
- Federal justices that John Adams made in the last few days that he was president but these positions were taken away when the Republican Congress repealed the Judiciary Act.
Marbury v. Madison
- A case of the Supreme Court that created "judicial review" which was the idea that the Supreme Court had the power to decide if something was constitutional.
Tripolitan War
- Conflict that lasted 4 years that was between the American Navy and the North-African nation of Tripoli over the piracy in the Mediterranean.
Haitian Revolution
- War that started because of a slave uprising in French-controlled Saint Domingue with resulted in the first independent black republic in the Americas.
Louisiana Purchase
- America acquired the Louisiana territory from France, doubling the territory of the U.S.
Corps of Discovery
- Adventurers led by Lewis and Clark who were sent by Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory and find a route to the Pacific. They brought back accounts of the flora, fauna, and the native populations.
Orders in Council
- Edits that closed French-owned European ports to foreign shipping which resulted in the French ordering the seizure of all vessels that entered British ports which cut off trade with America for both parties.
impressment
- Forcibly making a person go into military service by British navy against American seamen during the war with France.
Chesapeake Affair
- Conflict between Britain and the U.S. because a British ship fired at the American Chesapeake/
Embargo Act
- Banned the export of goods from the U.S. to a foreign port.
Non-Intercourse Act
- Reopened trade with all nations but Britain and France.
Macon's Bill No. 2
- Said that if Britain or France repealed its trade restrictions, the U.S. would reinstate the embargo against the nation that didn't repeal; Britain and the U.S. being pushed even more towards war because they didn't repeal their restrictions.
war hawks
- Democratic-Republican Congressmen that wanted Madison to declare war with Britain, who were mainly from the south and west because they didn't like the British constraints on trade.
Tippecanoe, Battle of
- Defeat of Tenskwatawa, "the Prophet:, by William Henry Harrison. After it the prophet's brother had an alliance with Britain against the U.S.