1801. Jefferson inaugurated President, March 4. 1803. War with Tripoli. Purchase of Louisiana, April 30. 1804. Lewis and Clark's expedition. 1805. Peace with Tripoli. 1806. Conspiracy of Burr. European blockade by Great Britain, May 16. 1807. Chesapeake and Leopard, June. Trial trip of the Clermont. Milan Decree, December 17. 1808. Foreign slave-trade forbidden. Madison inaugurated President, March 4. 1811. President and Little Belt, May 16. Battle of Tippecanoe, November 7. 1812. Declaration of war, June 18. Surrender of Detroit, August 16. United States and Macedonian, October 25. 1813. Shannon and Chesapeake, June 1. John Brown's Fort at Harper's Ferry SECTION X. THE NATION THREATENED. 1825-1861. CHAPTER LXI. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 1825-1829. 462. Indians in Georgia. In 1802, when Georgia ceded portions of the future States of Alabama and Mississippi to the United States, the Federal govern In ment agreed to remove the Indians from the State of Georgia as fast as possible. Year by year land was bought of the Indians, until in 1824 the Creeks and Cherokees refused to sell any more. February, 1825, the Creeks were tricked into a sale of their lands, and an attempt was immediately made to take possession. President Adams ordered a delay, and early in 1826 a second treaty was made, whereby the Creeks sold their land, and agreed to emigrate to new homes beyond the Missis John Quincy Adams. (After a painting by Healy, in the Corcoran Art Gallery, sippi. The Cherokees were, a few years later, prevailed upon to do the same. The last of the tribe were forcibly removed to the Indian Territory in 1838. During this controversy considerable ill-feeling occurred between Georgia and the United States government. Neither the actions of the State nor those of the United States in relation to the removal of these Indian tribes was creditable, but brought reproach upon our good name. 463. New Parties. The "Era of Good Feeling" ended with the inauguration of Adams. The President made Henry Clay his Secretary of State, and immediately the charge was made that Adams was repaying Clay for the votes which John Quincy Adams was the oldest son of John Adams, the second President. He was born at Braintree, Massachusetts, July 11th, 1767, and died February 23d, 1848. He began his political life at a very early age, accompanying Francis Dana, the ambassador to St. Petersburg, as secretary, when but fourteen. In 1803 Adams was elected to represent Massachusetts in the United States Senate, but was not returned in 1809, because he upheld Jefferson's Embargo Act, which was repugnant to his Federalist constitu ents. He afterwards held many important positions under Madison and Monroe, was chairman of the committee to negotiate peace after the War of 1812, was minister to London, and Secretary of State. Two years after his Presidential term of office expired, he was elected to represent his district in the House of Representatives. This position he held during the remaining years of his life. Here he acted independently, considering it a "duty imposed upon him by his peculiar position," inasmuch as he "had spent the greatest portion of his life in the service of the whole nation, and had been honored with their highest trust." he had received from the friends of the name 464. Death of Adams and Jefferson. July 4th, 1826, was commemorated as the semi-centennial of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. The occasion was rendered more notable by the deaths on that day of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, both signers of the Declaration, and later Presidents of the Union they had helped to form. Each died, supposing that the other was alive, and Adams is reported to have said, "Thomas Jefferson still survives." 465. The Tariff of 1828.-Another tariff act was passed during the year 1828, which was based on the idea of "protection to home |