1776 US declares independence A When? US declared independence from Great Britain 13 original colonies

1783—Treaty of Paris End of the Revolutionary War

North America in 1800

The Louisiana Purchase and the Route of Lewis and Clark

Ever played the Oregon Trail? With all kinds of drawings, writings, and new information about the lay of the land and the wildlife within about the Oregon and Louisiana territories The exploration led the way for the rapid migration of settlers to the Pacific Northwest The pathway these settlers followed from Missouri became known as the Oregon Trail

Go west young man! So now with the Mississippi secure along with the frontier, many were encouraged to migrate further west It was also evidence to the US’s ability to defend itself and assert its interests in North America against foreign powers Meanwhile due to its opposition to the war and ill aimed protest that reached the capital as the news of the treaty and Jackson’s victory, the Federalist party lost its credibility and faded from importance in national politics. This will lead to the unification of the Republican party and the election of James Monroe in 1816.

The American System Nationalism showed itself in Manufacturing Britain attempts to weed out New England factories that had strenthened during the War 1812 Tariff of Instituted for protection not revenue Henry Clay’s American System – to develop a profitable American market (less dependence on foreign goods)

The American System 1. Strong Banking System 2. Protective Tariff to support eastern manufacturing 3. Network of Roads and Canals (mostly in the Ohio Valley) to support domestic trade and eventually less reliance on foreign trade

Roads/Canals/Trains National Road—1811—Started at Cumberland, Maryland, & by 1818 reached Wheeling, Virginia

Canals—Man-made water transport  Americans no longer had to “crawl around the outer shell of the continent”  Prior to 1850 best way to ship goods & people  Initially vessels powered by mules  188 million dollars invested by 1861 Erie Canal first transportation link between East and West, 1825

Trains The first trains were pulled or pushed by people or animals, and were used in mines to transport coal.

More Trains In the early 1800s, the steam engine was used in locomotives to pull trains more quickly along smoother, stronger tracks. Trains began to carry passengers.

Election of 1816 James Monroe

Era of Good Feelings, well not quite Sectionalism Panic of 1819 and Financial difficulties Tariff and Bank Issues Growing Pains of the West Conflict over Slavery

Foreign Diplomacy

Nationalism in Foreign Policy: The Monroe Doctrine When Latin American nations revolt, U.S. supports new republics European Nations want to crush new countries Monroe Doctrine warns European nations out of the Western Hemisphere

1819—Florida, from Spain Andrew Jackson invaded Spain then sold it to us for $5 million Jackson will become governor in D

Extending the Boundaries John Quincy Adams--expansionist secretary of state from 1816 to 1824 Adams-Onis Treaty secures all Florida, U.S. boundary to Pacific Settled "West," but still mostly east of Mississippi River

North America, 1819

Tallmadge Agreement All slave born in Missouri after the territory became a state would be freed at the age of 25. Passed by the House, Not the Senate North controlled the House and the South had enough power to block it in the Senate

Slavery- The Peculiar Institution

The Missouri Compromise or Compromise of 1820 Admit Missouri as a slave state Admit Maine as a free state (had been a part of Massachusetts) Slavery was to be prohibited in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory above the 36’ 30 parallel (Missouri’s southern border)

Monroe’s Re-election The “Era of Good Feelings”