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Thomas Jefferson (1800) Jeffersonian Republicanism

◦People should control the government & government should be simple and small

Louisiana Purchase (1803)◦From France, $15 million ◦Mississippi River to Rocky Mts.

Meriwether Lewis & William Clark (1804)◦ paved the way for settlement of the west

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James Monroe (1816)◦Foreign policy based on nationalism◦Gained Oregon & Florida 

Monroe Doctrine—warned European nations not to interfere with America & in return, America would not interfere with them

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 Missouri Compromise—1820

◦Missouri entered as a slave state & Maine entered as a free state

◦Slavery legal South of 36 Degree North Latitude line

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Andrew Jackson (1828)1830—Indian Removal Act◦ Cherokee sent to OK from GA

=Trail of Tears

Manifest Destiny—Americans were meant to control the West◦ Santa Fe Trail, Oregon Trail

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1820—Mexico encouraged settling in Texas◦Stephen F. Austin=Land Agent◦Soon, Americans outnumbered Mexicans◦War for Texas Independence, 1835-1836

1845—Texas into the Union

1846-1848—Mexican American War◦Rio Grande is new border between Texas & Mexico◦Gained California and several surrounding states

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