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    Thomas Jefferson was a leading Founding Father and third US President who embraced democracy and individual rights. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the US through the acquisition of French territory in 1803. War hawks, like Henry Clay, favored war with Britain which led to the War of 1812 against the British and their Native American allies like Tecumseh. Key events and outcomes of this war included the Battle of New Orleans, the Hartford Convention, and the eventual Treaty of Ghent which ended hostilities in 1814.

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    Thomas Jefferson was a leading Founding Father and third US President who embraced democracy and individual rights. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the US through the acquisition of French territory in 1803. War hawks, like Henry Clay, favored war with Britain which led to the War of 1812 against the British and their Native American allies like Tecumseh. Key events and outcomes of this war included the Battle of New Orleans, the Hartford Convention, and the eventual Treaty of Ghent which ended hostilities in 1814.

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    1.

    Thomas
    Jefferson

    was an American Founding Father, thand the


    third President of the United States (18011809). He was a spokesman for democracy,
    embraced the principles of republicanism and
    the rights of the individual with worldwide
    influence.

    Louisiana
    Purchase

    acquisition by the United States of America in


    1803 of 828,000 square miles of France's claim
    to the territory of Louisiana.

    3.

    war hawks

    term used in politics for someone favoring war


    in a debate over whether to go to war, or
    whether to continue or escalate an existing war.

    4.

    Henry Clay

    leading war hawk in 1812, he favored war with


    Britain and played a significant role in leading
    the nation to war in the War of 1812.

    2.

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    11.

    12.

    John C.
    Calhoun

    political theorist by his redefinition of


    republicanism to include approval of slavery and
    minority rights, with the Southern States the
    minority in question. To protect minority rights
    against majority rule, he called for a "concurrent
    majority" whereby the minority could sometimes
    block offensive proposals that a State felt
    infringed on their sovereign power

    Tecumseh

    Native American leader of the Shawnee and a


    large tribal confederacy and became an ally of
    Britain in the War of 1812. his confederacy
    allied with the British and helped in the capture
    of Fort Detroit

    William
    Henry
    Harrison

    was a general in the subsequent War of 1812,


    his most notable action was in the Battle of the
    Thames in 1813, which brought an end to
    hostilities in his region. This battle resulted in
    the death of Tecumseh and the dissolution of the
    Indian coalition which he led.

    judicial
    review

    the doctrine under which legislative and/or


    executive actions are subject to review (and
    possible invalidation) by the judiciary.

    Marbury v.
    Madison

    was a landmark United States Supreme Court


    case in which the Court formed the basis for the
    exercise of judicial review in the United States

    Hartford
    Convention
    (1814)

    series of meetings in which New England


    Federalists met to discuss their grievances
    concerning the ongoing War of 1812 and the
    political problems arising from the federal
    government's increasing power.

    Embargo
    Act (1807)

    a general embargo enacted by the United States


    Congress against the United Kingdom and
    France during the Napoleonic Wars.

    James
    Madison

    became one of the leaders in the movement to


    ratify it. His collaboration with Alexander
    Hamilton and John Jay produced the Federalist
    Papers

    13.

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    17.

    18.

    Nonintercourse
    Act (1809)

    collective name given to six statutes passed


    by the United States Congress The Act
    regulates commerce between Native
    Americans and non-Indians.

    Macon's Bill
    No. 2 (1810)

    became law in the United States , was


    intended to motivate Britain and France to
    stop seizing American vessels during the
    Napoleonic Wars.

    War of 1812

    was a military conflict, lasting for twoand-a-half years, between the United
    States of America and the United Kingdom
    of Great Britain and Ireland, its North
    American colonies and its American
    Indian allies.

    Andrew
    Jackson

    supporters then founded what became the


    Democratic Party. As president, he faced a
    threat of secession from South Carolina
    over the "Tariff of Abominations" which
    Congress had enacted under Adams.

    Battle of New
    Orleans

    series of engagements fought and was the


    final major battle of the War of 1812

    Treaty of Ghent
    (1814)

    peace treaty that ended the War of 1812


    between the United States of America and
    the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
    Ireland

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