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During the 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama and John McCain contested to become the next president, and Barack Obama won.
The Monroe Doctrine was a doctrine issued by James Monroe and approved by Congress that stated the European nations would no longer interfere with America. The Europeans viewed this with contempt, ...
In !816, James Monroe and the candidate from the Federalist party, Rufus King, competed for the presidency, and with 183 out of 217 electoral votes, James Monroe won easily and became the fifth pre...
The war of 1812 was a war between Britain and the United States caused by injustices to the Americans on the part of England. Several events occured during the war, such as the creation of the "Sta...
When two Native American brothers decided to drive away white settlers from their land, they convinced other Native Americans to join an army to defeat the Americans and drive them from their land....
James Madison, also known as the Father of the Costitution, was disliked because his party had passed the Embargo Act, which halted trade with Britain. Federalists, hoping to build on the dissent t...
Since the French general Napoleon found he could not take control of the United States, he decided to sell the property he had gained to them in return for money. The trade was carried out on April...
Thomas Jefferson and his adversary, John Adams, were members of different political factions, the first ones to have been created in the new country. When Jefferson's party finally won the election...
The Alien and Sedition Acts were laws passed by Congress that prohibited freedom of speech, so that people were unable to talk about the government freely. These acts were soon discarded as being u...
When three diplomats to France tried to talk to the Minister of France, three Agents, known as X, Y, and Z told the Diplomats that the Minister would only visit them if he received a $250,000 bribe...
John Adams, George Washington's vice president and soon to be the second president of the United States, contested with Thomas Jefferson for the presidency and won.
Border disputes with Spanish territory caused many problems for the Americans. As a result, Pinckney's Treaty, which set the American boundaries at 31 degrees latitude, was created and signed by bo...
Several problems still existed between the British and the Americans after the American Revolution. To try to solve some of them, President Bush passed Jay's Treaty, which created a compromise betw...
The battle of Fallen Timbers was a battle between Native Americans and the Americans in a place called Fallen Timbers. The chief of the Native American forces, Little Turtle, surrendered to the Ame...
To try to pay off the national debt, a tax passed by Congress was put on whiskey. When farmers rebelled against the tax, Washington led an army to crush the rebellion, proving that the Constitution...
Influenced by the American Revolution, the French started their own French Revolution against their king. The French wanted the Americans to help them, but President Washington issued the Neutralit...
The Judiciary Act was an act passed by Congress that created the three levels of federal courts, including the Supreme Court, and defined their powers.
George Washington's election of 1788 was the first presidential election in the history of the United Sates of America. The election lasted from Dec. 15, 1788 to Jan. 10, 1789, and while John Adams...
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