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Author: John Quincy Adams Date:1841 Annotation: Abolitionists persuaded former President John Quincy Adams to represent the…
Author: Kale Date:1841 Annotation: This is a letter from a child who was an Amistad captive. Document: Westville,…
Author: Kinna Date:1841 Annotation: This is a letter from an Amistad captive. Document: Westville Jan. 4th 1841 Dear…
Date:1839 Annotation: In 1845, John L. O’Sullivan (1813-1895), editor of the Democratic Review, referred in his magazine…
Author: Stephen F. Austin Date:1836 Annotation: Stephen F. Austin defends Texas’ Declaration of Independence. Document: It is with…
Author: Andrew Jackson Date:1835 Annotation: President Andrew Jackson defends his policy of Indian removal. Document: The plan of…
Date:1835 Annotation: This declaration announced the colonist’s intention to fight for the restoration of the Constitution of 1824…
Author: John Marshall Date:1832 Annotation: Supreme Court ruling on state jurisdiction over Indian lands. Document: MARSHALL, C. J….
Date:1831 Annotation: In 1831 the US Supreme Court issued a judgment that defined Native Americans as “domestic dependant…
Date:1830 Annotation: An Act to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of…
Author: John Marshall Date:1824 Annotation: This court decision established that the Constitution defines federal power to regulate…
Author: James Monroe Date:1823 Annotation: The United States not only feared European intervention in Florida, but…
Author: James Madison Date:1819 Annotation: In a direct attack on the new national bank, Maryland actually…
Author: James Monroe Date:1815 Annotation: Ironically, American and British negotiators in Ghent, Belgium, signed a peace…
Date:1815 Annotation: Newspaper articles after the War of 1812. Document: New York Evening Post, 13 February 1815 On Saturday…
Date:1813 Annotation: Newspaper article Document: Columbian Centinel, 13 January 1813 North of the Delaware, there is among all who…