4. First 5 Presidents

Angry farmers rebelled against whiskey tax, and government response proved that new Constitution was strong enough to protect its people.

• Shays' Rebellion

• Bacon's Rebellion

• Whiskey Rebellion

• American Revolution

Laws passed that limited criticism of the government and made it possible to deport immigrants if necessary.

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Proclamation of 1763

• Intolerable Acts

• Alien and Sedition Acts

Size of US doubled after buying the Louisiana territory. Originally only wanted to purchase New Orleans.

• The Great Compromise

• The Louisiana Purchase

• Land Auction of 1825

• The Northwest Land Ordinance

Two men who explored the Louisiana territory

• Lewis and Clark

• Columbus and Magellan

• John Smith and John Hancock

• John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

Brief war between US & Britain. While the US did not truly win anything important in the war, nationalism did increase.

• War of 1812

• Civil War

• Revolutionary War

• French and Indian War

A warning to European nations to stay out of affairs in the Western Hemisphere.

• The Great Awakening

• Proclamation of 1763

• Three Fifths Compromise

• Monroe Doctrine