Fuzzy Friends Asylum

democratic: ensuring that all people have the same rights
laissez faire: idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs
free market: economic system in which goods and services are exchanged with little regulation
Marbury v. Madison: an 1803 court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had the power to decide whether laws passed by Congress were constitutional
judicial review: power of the Supreme Court to decide whether the acts of a President or laws passed by Congress are constitutional

Pinckney Treaty: a 1795 agreement with Spain that let Americans ship their goods down the Mississippi RIver and store them in New Orleans
Louisiana Purchase: vast territory between the Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains, purchased from France in 1803
expedition: long voyage of exploration
continental divide: mountain ridge that separates river systems flowing toward opposite sides of a continent

tribute: bribe
impressment: practice of forcing people into military service
embargo: ban on trade
Embargo Act: an 1807 law that imposed a total ban on foreign trade
smuggling: importing or exporting goods in violation of trade laws
Nonintercourse Act: an 1809 law that allowed Americans to carry on trade with all nations except Britain and France

Treaty of Greenville: treaty signed by some Native Americans in 1795, giving up land that would later become part of Ohio
confederation: league of independent states or nations
Battle of Tippecanoe: in 1811, battle over white settlement in the Indiana Territory
War Hawks: members of Congress from the South and the West who called for war with Britain prior to the War of 1812
nationalism: excessive pride in one's nation

Battle of Lake Erie: In the War of 1812, an American victory led by Oliver Perry against the British
Battle of New Orleans: At the end of the War of 1812, a battle between British and American forces that ended in an American victory; the battle occurred after the war had ended.
Hartford Convention: gathering of New Englanders to protest the War of 1812 by threatening to secede from the Union
Treaty of Ghent: peace treaty signed by Britain and the United States at the end of the War of 1812 that restored pre-war conditions

*I just ask whoever uses these to print me a copy also, since I am too lazy to do so.*