The New Nation (II)
Thinking Points/Questions
under construction
Election of 1800
Thomas Jefferson
Judiciary Act of 1801
Midnight appointments
Judiciary Act of 1802
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Albert Gallatin
Tripolitan War (aka Barbary War)
Louisiana Purchase (1803)
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)

Election of 1804
Essex Junto
Tertium Quid
Aaron Burr
Napoleon Bonarparte
Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Austerlitz
Berlin decree
Orders in Council
Chesapeake affair
Enbargo Act of 1808
James Madison
"War Hawks"
Battle of Fallen Timbers (1794)
Tecumseh and "The Prophet"
Non-Intercourse Act (1809)
Macon's Bill No. 2 (1810)

William Henry Harrison
Battle of Tippecanoe
War of 1812
American Navy
Battle of Lake Erie
Battle of Thames River
Ft. Mims Massacre
Andrew Jackson
Embargo of 1813
Burning of Washington
Battle of Plattsburg
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Battle of New Orleans
Treaty of Ghent
Hartford Convention

1.  Compare and contrast President Jefferson to his two predecessors in both domestic and foreign policy arenas.
2.  How did foreign policy issues affect the administration of John Adams?
3.  What events contributed to the outbreak of war between American and Great Britain in 1812?
4.  Why was the War of 1812 often described as the "Second War of Independence?"

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