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1794 – Whiskey Rebellion
moonshine (načerno pálená wiskey)
shortly after the Revolution, the United States struggled to pay for the fighting expenses
solution: to place a federal tax on liquors and spirits
the American people weren’t pleased and ignored the federal tax by making their own whiskey
making and selling alcohol wasn’t a hobby but farmers could survive a bad year by turning their corn into
profitable whisky
armed men attacked and burned the home of the regional tax inspector
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Thomas Paine
text: Common Sense – demands independence from Britain
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Daniel Boone – frontiersman
American colonist ordained by God to settle the wilderness
famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now Kentucky
was a militia officer during the Revolutionary War (1775 – 1783)
George Washington (1st President)
(1789 – 1797)
EXPANSION of the NEW NATION
1st American presidents were interested in enlarging the territories to have more lands
it didn’t matter if the land was good, or a desert
they tried to get more lands through different tactics: wars, buying and pushing the NA further westwards
1803 – Louisiana bought from France (Napoleon needed money, it included very significant French people)
1812 – Conflict between Britain and the US (James Medison)
it was practically a war between Canada and the US made by Britain
British troops invaded Washington, D.C., and burned down the White House
Britain tried to gain authority over revolted colonies but the colonies won
the US won and
the northern border of the US was established with Canada
1823 – Monroe Doctrine
ideology about the specificity, uniqueness of America (the Europeans are different from the Americans and
whatever concerns Canada, the US, central and southern America is America’s concern and Europe shouldn’t
interfere and vice and versa – European wars weren’t America’s concern unless they harm America)