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Lesson 12
Foreign Affairs in the Young Nation
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| blockade | a closing off of an area to keep people or supplies from going in or out |
| cease | to stop doing something |
| embargo | a government order that forbids trade with another country |
| isolationism | a policy of avoiding political or military agreements with other countries |
| liberated | to free |
| Monroe Doctrine | President James Monroe’s declaration in 1823 that the Western Hemisphere was no longer open to European colonization |
| neutrality | a policy of not choosing sides in a dispute or war between other countries |
| pursue | to follow, as in a goal or purpose |
| signifies | to mean or represent |
| impressment | the act of forcing someone to serve in the military against their will |
| envoy | a representative for another country, usually to manage a country's international relationships |
| alliance | an agreement made with other nations to aid and support each other |
| tribute | money paid for protection |
| George Washington | First president of the United States - policies of isolationism and neutrality, Jay Treaty |
| John Adams | Second president of the United States - Protected US ships, XYZ Affair, Convention of 1800 (peace with France) |
| Thomas Jefferson | Third president of the United States - Dealt with Pirates, impressment, War with Tripoli, and the Embargo Act |
| James Madison | Fourth president of the United States - Protected sailors and settlers, Battle at Tippecanoe, War of 1812, Treaty of Ghent |
| James Monroe | Fifth president of the United States - Latin American revolutions, end of Spanish rule in Latin American, Monroe Doctrine |
| XYZ Affair | Adams sent three envoys to France to speak with the French foreign minister named Talleyrand. Talleyrand sent three secret agents - X, Y, and Z - to speak with the envoys and demand tribute money |
| piracy | Robbery at sea. Often, pirates demanded tribute money or would capture ships and ransom their crews. |
| Embargo Act | An embargo put into place by Jefferson, this act stopped all trade with other countries, and prevented foreign ships from entering American ports. American ships could not leave except to trade at other American ports. |
| War Hawks | a group of young congressmen from the South and West, including Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun, that were eager to go to war with Britain |
| Battle of Tippecanoe | William Henry Harrison led a militia into battle against Shawnee warriors and defeated them, discovered that the Shawnee were armed with British guns |
| War of 1812 | A battle fought between the British and Americans. Several buildings in Washington D.C. were burned, including the Capitol and the White House. neither side won the war |
| The Star-Spangled Banner | written after the Battle at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, by Francis Scott Key |
| Battle of New Orleans | The greatest US victory of the War of 1812, Americans were led by Andrew Jackson, battle was unnecessary because the Treaty of Ghent was signed two weeks earlier, ending the war |
| Treaty of Ghent | The treaty signed in Ghent, Belgium, that ended the War of 1812 |
| Jay Treaty | Washington sent John Jay, chief justice of the Supreme Court, to London to make a peace agreement with Britain to remove British troops from the Ohio River Valley and stop attacks on US ships |
| Monroe Doctrine | President James Monroe’s declaration in 1823 that the Western Hemisphere was no longer open to European colonization |
| Tripoli | a Barbary Coast state that declared war on the United States after demanding more tribute payments for protection from piracy |
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