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Alamo De Parras Alamo De Parras Company San
687 wordsIn many books about of the Alamo all said, The phrase "Remember the Alamo", an often misquoted reference to the 1836 battle, actually does very little to help us remember the real Alamo. Largely ignored are the years following the 1793 secularization of Mission San Antonio de Valero. Until recently, this period of the Alamo's history seemed doomed to remain hidden forever. The history of the Alamo begins long before 1836. It is the story of a thriving community whose citizens lived and died with...
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Gulf Of Mexico Rocky Mountains
519 wordsWhen Thomas Jefferson became president of the United States in 1801, he dreamed of sending an expedition to explore the little-known territory west of the Mississippi river. Between 1783 and 1792 Jefferson has encouraged plans for three expeditions. All three expeditions failed. In January, 1803, he asked Congress for $ 2, 500 to pay for an expedition that might journey as far as the Pacific Ocean. The request was approval and kept secret because most of the region to be explored still belonged ...
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Rocky Mountains Mississippi River
881 wordsThe Louisiana Purchase was a vast region in North America, that the United States purchased from France by a treaty signed on Apr. 30, 1803. The Louisiana Territory contained more than 2 million sq km (800, 000 sq mi) of land extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. The territory comprised present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota west of the Mississippi River, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, nearly all of Kansas, the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Co...
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Chief Justice Marshall Supreme Court
1,098 words... sion. This case is the Court's first elaborate statement of its power of judicial review. In language which remains relevant today, Chief Justice Marshall said, "It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. " Nowhere in the Constitution does the Court have the power that Chief Justice Marshall proclaimed. Despite there being no mention of such power in the Constitution, since 1803, our Nation has assumed the two chief principles of this case: th...
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War Of 1812 Lewis And Clark
894 wordsThere were many changes taking place in the US around the year 1800. The frontier land was constantly being pushed back by new settlements and would contribute to the history of slavery and African Americans. Louisiana was purchased in 1803 and freedom-loving young settlers as well as successful cotton plantation masters moved west to try and exploit the unsettled land. This conflict was complicated by the Industrial revolution and development of the cotton gin which only promoted the use of sla...
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Domestic And Foreign Policy Issues Of Jefferson Madison
598 wordsDuring the course of the years, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison dealt with major domestic and foreign policies. These policies helped shape the way for the United States of America. Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States between 1743 - 1826. He was the author of the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. James Madison was the fourth President of the United States between 1808 - 1817 and the Father of the Constitution. Thomas Jefferso...
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Louisiana Purchase Mississippi River
438 wordsLouisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 was a American acquirement from France of the formerly Spanish region Louisiana. When the secret agreement of 1801 was revealed, where Spain went back to Louisiana to France, excited the uneasiness in the United States both because Napoleon France was an aggressive power and because western settlers depended on the Mississippi River for commerce. In a letter to the American minister to France Robert R. Livingston, President stated that "The day t...
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Presidential Election President Jefferson
1,227 wordsEdward Livingston who was a famous and prominent statement and jurist in America was born on May, 26 1764 in Clermont, Columbia Country, New York. He was the son of Robert R. Livingstone, and a brother of famous American statesman and diplomat Robert R. Livingston. Besides his great-grandfather was Robert Livingston, who was the first member of the family to settle in America. Edward graduated from a private school and entered the College of new Jersey, A. B, from which he graduated in 1871. In ...
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Lewis And Clark Meriwether Lewis
1,283 wordsStephen E. Ambrose, the best-selling author of D-Day and the distinguished biographer of Richard Nixon and Dwight D. Eisenhower, has now written the definitive account of the most momentous expedition in American history -- Lewis and Clark's pioneering journey across the North American continent from the Mississippi to the Pacific, carried out under the personal direction of President Thomas Jefferson. In this book, the authors thesis was to reveal to the reader the numerous adventures while exp...
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Chief Justice Marshall Supreme Court
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France And Britain Louisiana Purchase
525 wordsPOLITICAL EVENTS: 1803 was probably one of the most important year in the history of the United States. The reason for this is the Louisiana Purchase. The Louisiana Purchase was the largest land purchase ever made in the United States. The Louisiana Purchase increased the national territory by about 140 %; the total amount of land purchased was 828, 000 sq. miles in extent. It was purchased from France for 80, 000, 000 francs, which is about $ 15 million in todays currency. These following state...
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens Adventures Of Tom Sawyer
970 wordsMost adults today have most likely read the story of Tom Sawyer, a novel about young boy who grew up on the Mississippi River, or a writing by Mark Twain. But what most people do not know is that the author actually grew up on the Mississippi River himself. That author is Samuel Clemens, who wrote under the name of Mark Twain. Mark Twain came from the Western Movement Era in American History, which took place from 1783 to 1825, which was when Americans were moving west to find gold and land. On ...
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Meriwether Lewis Whiskey Rebellion
1,137 words? Many Polish Immigrant? ? Many people have tried to do what Meriwether Lewis has done, but have failed. ? Lewis was born August 18, 1774. ? His family had a history of Hypochondria (depression). ? As a boy his father died and he inherited a 2, 000 acre plantation, 520 pounds in cash, 24 slaves, and 147 gallons of whiskey. ? By the time he became a teenager Lewis had become an alcoholic. ? As he became older he joined the army and helped put down the whiskey rebellion. ? The whiskey rebellion st...
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People Of Color Mardi Gras
2,720 wordsPre-Civil War New Orleans New Orleans is a city in southern Louisiana, located on the Mississippi River. Most of the city is situated on the east bank, between the river and Lake Pontchartrain to the north. Because it was built on a great turn of the river, it is known as the Crescent City. New Orleans, with a population of 496, 938 (1990 census), is the largest city in Louisiana and one of the principal cities of the South. It was established on the high ground nearest the mouth of the Mississi...
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