Module 6 Lesson 1 Assignment

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  • Proclamation of Neutrality

    Proclamation of Neutrality
    This declared that the United States would remain neutral during conflicts between France and Great Britain.

  • XYZ Affair

    This was a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited, undeclared war known as the Quasi-War.

  • Convention of 1800

    This was when was a treaty between the United States of America and France to settle the hostilities that had erupted during the Quasi-War.

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase
    This was when the U.S bought 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.

  • Embargo Act

    Embargo Act
    This prohibited US ports from trading with Britain or France. This was supposed to keep the United States neutral during the war.

  • War of 1812

    War of 1812
    The War of 1812 was a military conflict that lasted from June 18, 1812 to February 18, 1815, fought between the United States of America and the United Kingdom, its North American colonies, and its Native American allies.

  • Treaty of Ghent

    Treaty of Ghent
    This was the peace treaty that ended the war of 1812. All of the conquered land was returned to the United States.

  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine
    US policy, originated by President James Monroe in 1823, that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US.