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Terms | Definitions |
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 The United States and British Canada... | ...both wanted to keep their navies and fishing rights on the Great Lakes |
| Another treaty with Britain gave the United States fishing rights off parts of the Newfoundland and Labrador coasts. This treaty known as the... | ...Convention of 1818, also set the border between the United States and Canada at 49'N latitude as far west as the Rocky Mountains. |
| In 1818 Secretary of State John Quincy Adams held talks with. ... | ...Spanish diplomat Luis de Onis about letting Americans settle in Florida. |
| In April 1818 Jackson's troopsinvaded Florida to capture ... | ... Seminole raiders. This act began the First Seminole War. |
| In 1819 the Adams-Onis Treaty was signed which settled all border disputes between Spain and the United States. Under this treaty... | ...Spain gave East Florida to the United States. In return, the United States gave up its claims to what is now Texas. |
| By the early 1820s ... | ...most of the Spanish colonies in the Amercias had declared independence. |
| The Monroe Doctrine was an exclusive statement of American policy warning European powers not to ... | ...interfere with the Americas. The doctrine was issued by the president on December 2, 1823, during his annual message to Congress. |
| The Louisiana Purchase nearly double the the size of the United States... | ...extending territory from the Missippi River west to the Rocky Mountains. |
| The Monroe Doctrine of 1823 warned European colonial powers not to interfere with the Americas... | ...in exchange, the United States would not interfere in the affairs of the European nations. |
| Before and during the War of 1812, U.S. leaders made several attempts to expand into British North America... | ...compromises were made reached with Britain in limiting naval powers on the Great Lakes, in securing fishing rights, and in sharing control of the Pacific Northwest. |
| In the spring of 1817, the two U.S and the British compromised with the... | ...Rush-Bagot Agreement, which limited naval power on the Great Lakes for both the United States and British Canada. |
| President James Monroe, elected in 1816, had... | ...sent U.S. troops to secure the U.S.-Florida border. General Andrew Jackson led these soldiers. |
| During the First Seminole war Jackson took over most of Spain's... | ...important military posts. Jackson's actions upset Spanish leaders. Most Americans, however, supported Jackson. |
| Revolutionary fighter Simon Bolivar, called the Liberator... | led many of the struggles from independence. |
| The political circumstances surrounding the revolutions... | ...reminded most American leaders of the American Revolution. |
| Secretary of State Adams and President Monroe decided to... | ...put together a document protecting American interests. |
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