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41Thomas Jefferson: On the Need for a Little Rebellion Now and Then — ▪ Primary Source Shays s Rebellion prompted Thomas Jefferson to say that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing for a country. Rather than being alarmed by the rebellion, Jefferson saw some justification in it. He believed… …
42James K. Polk: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Tuesday, March 4, 1845 Without solicitation on my part, I have been chosen by the free and voluntary suffrages of my countrymen to the most honorable and most responsible office on earth. I am deeply impressed with… …
43Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo — ▪ Primary Source This agreement ended the war between the United States and Mexico. It was signed on February 2, 1848, at Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo. By its terms, the United States paid Mexico $15 million for more than 525,000 square miles …
44Treaty with Mexico — ▪ Primary Source The treaty which closed the Mexican American War was negotiated on the part of the United States by Nicholas Trist, who, previous to his appointment as commissioner and confidential agent, had been chief clerk of the… …
45Warren G. Harding: The Return to Normalcy — ▪ Primary Source The Republican Party in 1920 turned its back on a number of strong contenders and as his friend Harry Daugherty had predicted as early as February picked the relatively unknown Warren Gamaliel Harding of Ohio as its… …
46James Monroe: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Tuesday, March 4, 1817 I should be destitute of feeling if I was not deeply affected by the strong proof which my fellow citizens have given me of their confidence in calling me to the high office whose functions I am …
47Andrew Jackson: First Annual Message to Congress — ▪ Primary Source The election of Andrew Jackson in 1828 marked several important changes in American political life. Traditionally, the President had been a member of a previous President s Cabinet, and what is more a man who had… …
48John Adams: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Saturday, March 4, 1797 When it was first perceived, in early times, that no middle course for America remained between unlimited submission to a foreign legislature and a total independence of its claims, men of… …
49Andrew Jackson: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Wednesday, March 4, 1829 About to undertake the arduous duties that I have been appointed to perform by the choice of a free people, I avail myself of this customary and solemn occasion to express the gratitude which… …
50James K. Polk: Reaffirmation of the Monroe Doctrine — ▪ Primary Source In his message to Congress of December 2, 1845, President Polk reinterpreted the Monroe Doctrine in terms of the prevailing spirit of Manifest Destiny. Whereas Monroe had said only that the Western Hemisphere was no longer… …
