Introduction
After independence from the British in the American Revolution, America continued using the Articles of Confederation in their government. With time, these proved to be inadequate, and the peoples representatives came together in an effort to create a newer, better form of government leading to the creation of a New Nation.
In 1783, the American Revolution was concluded by the British and American negotiators in Paris, ‘granting independence to the United States while the Canadian provinces were reserved to the British Empire’. This was marked by the signing of the Paris Treaty, which ended a seven- year war between the French and Indians in North America. At the end of the war, France surrendered the mainland North American territories
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The Federalists were campaigning to restrain the excesses of the popular majority be having a strong federal authority, while the Democrats wanted people to rule directly through the state legislature by reducing the national authority. This election marked the first peaceful transition between two opposing parties in the history of the US, ‘although in his term, the US faced its most serious international crisis- an undeclared war with France’.
The Louisiana Purchase and end of the slave trade -1803- 1808
‘The Louisiana Purchase refers to the trade of land west of the Mississippi River from the French to the US. This land was acquired for $15 million’. , This is an important milestone in that this purchase almost doubled the size of the American territory, and it is considered an important achievement of Jefferson’s presidency. This began the expansion of America westward and by 1804, a territorial government had been established.
By 1808, Congress was putting an act in place to abolish the slave trade. Despite the bill being passed, the abolition of the slave trade was not straight forward and it was achieved in a number of years. The interplay of social, moral and economic factors many years later eventually lead to the extinction of the slave