Unit 7 Notes Part II Flashcards
Barbary States
countries of N Africa (Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, Morocco)
Barbary War causes
pirates preyed on commercial vessels
US paid tribute to pirates
when pirates tried to increase payments, Jefferson ended the payments
Jefferson then sent a naval squadron to punish them
Barbary war ending
US’s unimpressive military set up a naval blockade that ended hostility
treaty in 1805 ends the war
why was new orleans important
at the mouth of mississippi river
jefferson felt he could persuade rulers of Spain to sell their colonies
____ secretly transferred the louisiana territory to ____
spain transferred it to france (napoleon)
what distracts napoleon from his new french empire in america
uprising in Haiti led by Touissant L’Overture (ruler of Haiti)
napoleon sent a large army to St. Dominigue, Haiti, a sugar producing island
30,000 french troops died, and napoleon loses interest in american empire
who was sent to try to buy new orleans
Monroe was sent to join Livingston in Paris in January 1803 with instructions to purchase New Orleans
instead of just new orleans, what does US walk away with
all of the louisiana territory for $15 million (3 cents per acre)
what was weird ab the louisiana purchase
jefferson went against his belief in a strict construction of the constitution (nothing said he could purchase land)
when did la purchase become official
october 1803 the treaty was ratified - doubled the size of the us after jefferson asked congress for money
when and how much money did lewis and clark use
they made secret plans to explore the far west even before the la purchase - requested $2,500 from Congress
purpose of lewis and clark expedition
look for water route to pacific
study indian tribes, rocks, plans, animals of the region
Jefferson’s secretary, leader of the expedition
meriwether lewis
cartographer, less important to expedition
william clark
who went w lewis and clark
about 40 men
they hired Toussant Charbonneau and his wife Sacajawea
start and end points of expedition
start: St. Louis in May 1804
end: Pacific Ocean on December 3, 1805
(then they had to go back)
what did lewis and clark do on their expedition when they got there
confirmed claim of the US to the whole Oregon region
began to sketch in details the vast area
captain zebulon pike (1805-07)
explored upper Mississippi River to the Rockies
Pike’s Peak
picked up by Spanish soldiers
gave valuable info on number and types of troops Spain had in the area
what did aaron burr do after losing to jefferson in 1800
ran for governor of ny
negotiated w die hard, extreme (High) Federalists
they were plotting secession of new england and ny from the union
relationship btw hamilton and burr
hamilton doesn’t trust burr
put patriotism above party loyalty
hamilton helped keep burr out of office
burr blames hamilton for his defeat and challenges him to a duel - July 11, 1804 hamilton is killed by burr
why was jefferson’s first term successful
cut debt, kinda kept the peace, trade increased, more people moved west, ohio joins the union
when england and france went back to war, what changed this time
us used to benefit and profit from them, but instead its commerce was threatened w ruin
1806 Orders in Council
trade regulations by Britain that forbade neutral commerce with continental Europe… Britain threatened to sieze any ship that disobeyed
Imperial Decrees
trade regulations by France that closed all continental ports to British trade in Berlin and Milan
