American Studies Chapter 9 Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Pierre L'Enfant | The French designer that had laid out a magnificent plan of broad streets and sweeping vistas reminiscent of Paris. |
| Philip Freneau | A poet of the American Revolution. |
| Noah Webster | He wrote the book "American Spelling Book"(1783) which was the single best-selling book of the Revolutionary Era; launched a lifelong campaign for a distinctive American form of English, which culminated in his "American Dictionary of the English Language" (1828); argued that "the American Language" must be guided by "republican principles". |
| City of Brotherly Love | The largest city in Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed. |
| Virginia Dynasty | The events behind Jefferson's administration and those of his successors (James Madison and James Monroe), that were a clear set of beliefs that embodied Jefferson's interpretation of the meaning of republicanism for Americans. |
| Louisiana Purchase | The purchase by the United States from France of the huge Louisiana Territory in 1803. President Thomas Jefferson ordered the purchase negotiations, fearing that the French, then led by Napoleon, wanted to establish an empire in North America. The French had no such ambitions but were happy to exchange their vast landholdings for cash. The area that they sold, extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, more than doubled the size of the United States. |
| Judiciary Act of 1801 | was passed at the very end of John Adams's administration. Because of its last-minute nature, many of the judicial appointments became known as "midnight judges" (or sometimes, "midnight appointments"). The act became law on February 13, 1801; considerably increased the Federal judicial establishment of the United States. |
| Marbury v Madison | ... |
| John Marshall | Chief Justice; Federalist and an Adam's appointee; found way to make both parties happy in the case of Marbury v. Madison. |
| Napoleon | The young French generel that seized control of France and began a career of military conquests. Great Britian had went to war against him; won 12 year duel against Great Britian and in Battle of Waterloo; Acquired the Louisiana Territory-> but then sold it to Jefferson. |
| T'oussaint L'Ouverture | A french slave in haiti who led the haitian rebellion. |
| Meriwether Lewis | Sent on mission along with William Clark by Thomas Jefferon to survey the land of the Louisiana Purchase and to find an overland route to the Pacific Ocean; also instructed to tell the indians that they now owed loyalty and trade to the American Government; kept a daily journal of their experience. |
| William Clark | Sent on mission along with Meriwether Lewis by Thomas Jefferon to survey the land of the Louisiana Purchase and to find an overland route to the Pacific Ocean; also instructed to tell the indians that they now owed loyalty and trade to the American Government. |
| Sacajawea | The fifteen year old Shoshoni wife of one of the Frenchmen, who became the only woman to join the westward journey. Provided her services to Lewis and Clark. |
| Election of 1804 | When jefferson won against CC Pinckney. |
| HMS Leopard | British war ship; involved in the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair. |
| USS Chesapeake | U.S. war ship; she was fired upon by HMS Leopard for refusing to comply with a search for deserters from the Royal Navy. |
| Non-Importation Act | A law passed by the U.S. Congress in April, 1806, to forbid the importing of certain goods from Great Britain, in retaliation for British interference with American shipping. |
| Embargo Act | Passed Dec. 22, 1807, by the U.S. Congress in answer to the British orders in council restricting neutral shipping and to Napoleon's restrictive Continental System. |
| Election of 1808 | When Madison won against CC Pinckney. |
| James Madison | Jefferson's Secretary of State who was sued by William Marbury so that he could recover the position that he had lost. |
| Non-Intercourse Act-1809 | 1809; unsuccessully attempted to prohibit trade with Britain and France unless they ceased their hostile treatment of U.S. shipping. |
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