HIST 105 6 18 13 Louisiana Purchase 1803 o Sold because of the French loss of Haiti and Napoleon needed war o Federalists barely around disagreed with the purchase o Hamilton argued with Burr not wanting purchase o Burr was convinced Hamilton caused him to lose governor and shot him o Some states claimed secession if the purchase went through Lewis and Clark Expedition 1804 1806 o Went from St Louis westward and saw many Indians o Got to Rocky Mountains but needed horses o Went to trade with Indians and met Sacagawea o Got horses because chief found me long lost sister Sacagawea o Only 1 50 people died during the whole 2 years o Washington was naturalist so Lewis and Clark reported their findings to him Sally Hemmings o Female slave that accompanied Jefferson o Half sister of Jefferson s wife began relations after wife died o Had multiple children with Jefferson Age of Revolution o Revolutions in US and France caused a chain reaction o Several other Revolutions occurred in the Americas War of 1812 1812 1815 o Sailor and ships were captured on both sides o Marines sent to capture Florida from Spanish called Patriot War o Militia of African and Indians halted the move through Florida o US also tried to invade Canada but British stopped that Profit and Red Stick War o Led by Techumseh to halt white expansion o Battle of Horseshoe Bend 5000 Indians killed Mexican Revolution o Still going on at this time o Americans in Baton Rouge LA formed Republic of West Florida o Claimed small island for Mexico o Britain asked for assistance from Indians and slaves End of War of 1812 o Battle of New Orleans occurred after Treaty signed o 4000 American defenders 11000 Britains o Appx 300 American casualties and 5000 British casualties o Hartford Convention was deciding to secede After victory federalists died off Era of Good Feelings o Came after war of 1812 in 1815 o Increasing coastal fortifications o o o Army Corps of Engineers used for more structural jobs Lowell System Stolen blueprints from England for the factory idea Factory workers were wage earners and worse off than slaves because they would be fired and slaves were kept o Factory system allowed women to live without husband o of early laborers were women children were used as well Monroe 1816 1824 o Congress approved American system focus on infrastructure growth for autarky o By 1821 there were thousands of turnpikes in US o Cotton became important for economy o Steamboats came into commercial use in 1815 Erie Canal 1825 o Connected Hudson River to Atlantic o Canal technology had advanced and took 7 million to build o Greatly reduced time and cost to send supplies o Caused New York to become most important port in America Panic of 1819 o Caused by over lending and loans failing
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