Ended the war of 1812 in a virtual draw, restoring prewar borders but failing to address any of the grievances that first brought America into the war.

Convention of Federalists from five New England states who opposed the War of 1812 , threatened to secede from the United States. Led to the death of the Federalists.

First protective tariff in American history, created primarily to shield New England manufactures from the inflow of British goods after the war of 1812.

Best known for promoting his nationalistic "American System" of protective tariffs for eastern manufactures and federally financed canals and highways to benefit the West.

popular name for the period of one-party Republican, rule during James Monroe's presidency. The term obscures bitter conflicts over internal improvements, slavery and the national bank.

Severe financial crisis brought on primarily by the efforts of the Bank of the United States to curb over speculation on western lands. It disproportionately affected the poorer classes, especially in the west. sowing the seeds of Jacksonian democracy.

allowed one state to be entered as a slave state but preserved the balance between North and South by carving free soil Maine out of Massachusetts and prohibiting slavery from territories acquired in the Louisiana Purchase, north of the line of 36"30'

also known as Florida Purchase Treaty, under the agreement, Spain ceded Florida to the United States, and the two nations agreed on the southwestern boundary of the Louisiana Purchase. Spain retained the territory from Texas to California while abandoning its claims to the Oregon.

statement delivered by president James Monroe, warning European powers to refrain from seeking any new territories in the Americas. The united States largely lacked the power to back up the pronouncement, which was actually enforced by the British, who sought unfettered access to Latin America Markets.

involved an attempt by a state to destroy a branch of the Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on the Bank's notes. John Marshall declared the U.S. Bank constitutional by invoking the Hamiltonian doctrine of implied powers. He strengthened federal authority when he denied the right of of a state to tax the Bank.