Power of the Supreme Court to
declare an act of Congress to be
unconstitutional and therefore
without any legal authority.
Judicial review
Forcing people to serve in the
army or navy.
impressment
Banning of trade.
embargo
Law passed by Congress that
banned U.S. trade nly with
Britain and France.
Non-Intercourse Act
Battle in which U.S. soldiers
led by William Henry Harrison
defeated American Indian
forces led by Tecumseh.
Battle of
Tippecanoe
U.S. victory that forced the British to
withdraw from the Great Lakes and
gave the U.S. army new hope
Battle of Lake Erie
Battle that broke British power
in the Northwest and secured
the Canadian border for the
United States.
Battle of the
Thames
Battle fought two weeks
after a peace treaty had
been signed.
Battle of New
Orleans
Gathering of Federalists in
Connecticut to protest the War
of 1812.
Hartford Convention
Agreement signed in Belgium
on December 24, 1814, to end
the war.
Treaty of Ghent
Purchase of French land
between the Mississippi River
and Rocky Mountains that
doubled the size of the U.S.
Louisiana Purchase
Expedition led by Lewis &
Clark that began in 1804 to
explore the lands bought from
France by the U.S. in the
Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark
expedition
Law that prohibited American
merchants from trading with other
countries.
Embargo Act
Members of Congress who
wanted to declare war against
Britain in early 1800’s
War Hawks
U.S. victory in the War of 1812 in
which Jackson’s troops forced
Creek Indians to give up much of
their land in the South.
Battle of Horseshoe
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