HIST205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cherokee Removal, Haitai
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John adams - 2nd president of usa. Expands the nation, sets us up to become a great capitalist nation. Expands us past the mississippi to the uncharted west. Louisiana purchase (1803) and lewis and clark. Napoleon wants to get rid of all this land for a bargain rate. Purchase is made in response to all the atlantic battles going on. Jefferson sends his personal secretary meriwether lewis and clark out to find a waterway to get to the pacific (still looking for a shortcut to asia) Age of jackson - new generation of men, non-founding father, Preside over and inspire the democratization of the american government. Georgia to mississippi - good places to grow cotton. Spanish control texas (texas is also very good for growing cotton) Set up their own plantations , are a civilized tribe (have a. Create a congress and judiciary (they uphold the laws)
