VOCAB
What does tribute mean?
Money paid by one country to another in return for protection
How did European governments stop raids by the Barbary States?
They paid them tribute to leave the European ships alone
What were the two nations at war in 1803?
What Act was passed in 1807 by the US congress?
The Embargo Act
Who urged Native American resistance and to preserve traditional ways?
Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa
A government order that forbids foreign trade
What inspired US confidence?
The victory against Tripoli's provincial capitals
Why did the US choose to stay neutral while Britain and France were at war?
So the US could continue trade with both countries.
Who suffered due to the Embargo Act?
The American's
Who was defeated in the battle of Tippecanoe?
The Shawnees
What does smuggling mean?
The act of illegally importing or exporting goods
Who were the Barbary States? (HINT: four countries)
Morocco, Algiers, Tunisia, and Tripoli.
Between 1803-1807, how many American ships combined did France and Britain seize?
1,500 ships
What did Jefferson predict would happen after the Embargo Act was passed?
He thought Britain and France would stop attacking American ships
Which one of these did NOT happen to Native American's due to settlers?
1. Population decreased
2. Settlers got sick due to Native American's
3. Native American's were driven out of their homes
2. Settlers got sick due to Native American's
What did Tecumseh do?
Organized Western tribes into a league to restore Indian lands
Why did Stephan Decatur raid his own countries warship? (Philadelphia)
To keep the pirates from using the ships they captured.
What navy were thousands of American sailors forced to serve?
British Navy
True of False: America remained neutral between France and Britain
True
Name three things that decreased from the Native American.
Native American lands, game, and population decreased
Who was William Henry Harrison?
Governor of the Indian Territory
What line was put into the United States of America Marine Hymn?
"To the shores of Tripoli"
The war in Europe created opportunities to do what?
Created opportunities to sell products there
Name all the ways America suffered due to the Embargo Act (HINT: 3 ways)
1. In one year US exports fell from $109 million to $25 million
2. Prices of crops declined
3. Many American's lost jobs
Name the diseases Native American's suffered from the settlers
Measles, smallpox, and influenza