<span>French Territory West of the Mississippi River (to Include Missouri) was ceded to Spain. Subsequently, in 1800 this same area was ceded back to France who subsequently sold this as the Louisiana Purchase to the United States.</span>
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. The event was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists. It showed Great Britain that Americans wouldn’t take taxation and tyranny sitting down, and rallied American patriots across the 13 colonies to fight for independence.
Calhoun had resigned decided Vice Presidency to run for the Senate where he could more effectively defend nullification, Jackson signed into law the Tariff of 1832. This compromise tariff received the support of most northerners and half of the southerners in Congress.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower created the Domino theory
