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a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

Legislation passed by congress that set up guidelines for the admission of new states. This applied to the areas of the Northwest Territory.

The U.S., under Jefferson, bought the Louisiana territory from France, under the rule of Napoleon, in 1803. The U.S. paid $15 million for the Louisiana Purchase, and Napoleon gave up his empire in North America. The U.S. gained control of Mississippi trade route and doubled its size.

He was a delegate from Virginia at the Second Continental Congress and wrote the Declaration of Independence. He later served as the third President of the United States.

Sent on an expedition by Jefferson to gather information on the United States' new land and map a route to the Pacific. They kept very careful maps and records of this new land acquired from the Louisiana Purchase.

Native American woman that helped Lewis and Clark

Important to USA because this was the port city for Western farmers. The Mississippi River was the highway for these farmers and their products

Leader of France at the time of Louisiana Purchase

Delegate to the Constitutional Convention and leader of the Federalists; first secretary of the treasury. Killed by Aaron Burr

Jefferson's Vice President; killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel

a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor

Created the precedent of judicial review; ruled on many early decisions that gave the federal government more power, especially the supreme court,

a law that increased the number of federal judges, allowing President John Adams to fill most of the new posts with Federalists

a nick name given to group of judges that was appointed by John Adams the night before he left office. He appointed them to go to the federal courts to have a long term federalist influence, because judges serve for life instead of limited terms

This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review