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Foreign Entanglements: 1806–12
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- Tensions grow
- An economic war begins
- Jefferson's embargo
- Trade war continues
- Election of 1808
- Last efforts to revive trade
- A new Congress
- Growth of industry
- Native American resistance
- Preparing for war
- A New State on the Eve of War
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After taking office in 1801, President Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826; served 1801–9) continued to promote the idea of a small national...
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