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The JeffersonEra 1800–1816

The JeffersonEra 1800–1816

Section 1JeffersonTakes Office

Section 2TheLouisianaPurchaseandExploration

Section 3ProblemswithForeignPowers

Section 4The War of 1812

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1800

1805British winat Trafalgar.

French winat Austerlitz.

1801Tripoli declares

war on theUnited States.

1803Europe’s

Napoleonicwars resume

after briefpeace.

1801 Thomas Jefferson is

elected president.

1803LouisianaPurchaseis made.

1807Embargo Act

is passed.

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1804Jefferson is reelected.

Lewis and Clarkexpedition begins.

Adult grizzly bearsmight weigh as muchas 900 pounds andrun 30 miles per hour.

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