HIS 151: U. S. History to Reconstruction
Prof. C. Newman
JEFFERSON-MADISON-MONROE
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Federalist Judges
Marbury v Madison (1803)
Justice Samuel Chase : malfeasance instead of misfeasance
Louisiana Purchase--1803
$12 million to Napoleon's France
Lewis and Clark "Corps of Discovery"
U. S. Navy and Marines at Tripoli (1804)
Burr's Treacheries
1800 election leading to reform of Electoral College (1804 VP George
Clinton)
Northern Secession (1804)
Western Empire (1806)
Duel with Hamilton (July 11, 1804)
Naval Battles
Gunboats as backbone of the U. S. Navy
HMS Leopard versus USS Chesapeake
Embargo Act of 1807
France and England initially
JAMES MADISON
West Florida (Alabama and Mississippi) (1810)
Tecumseh and his brother, The Prophet
Tippacanoe (1811)
War of 1812
Tecumseh's Alliance
Battle of the Thames (1813)
Fort Dearborn (1812)
General William Hull (1812)
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HIS 151: U. S. History to Reconstruction
Prof. C. Newman
JEFFERSON-MADISON-MONROE (continued)
August, 1814--Battle of Bladensburg
D.C. Raid (August 24)
Repulsed at Baltimore (August 26)--"rockets' red glare"
Treaty of Ghent--December 24, 1814
Battle of New Orleans--January 8, 1815
JAMES MONROE
Era of Good Feelings
American System--Henry Clay and John Calhoun:
Money collected from protective tariffs on imports spent improving
transportation in the developing Western Frontier
McCulloch v Maryland (1816)
Missouri Compromise (January 1820)
Maine
Tallmadge (of New York) Amendment (1819)
Monroe Doctrine (1823)
Florida (technically East Florida) from Spain (1819)
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