KNES 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Alien And Sedition Acts, Democratic-Republican Party, James K. Polk

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: KNES 360
• Professor: marc Rogers

Document Summary

Jeffersonian republicans and prepare the country for a war with france. These laws were highly opposed and criticized by democratic and republican because they were against the freedom of speech and the press. Republicans to crush the federalists and to win the election of 1800. The purpose of this belief is to spread american traditions and customs to other nations and to remake the world based on american traditions because of the american"s cultural superiority. James polk, a democrat, called for the annexation of texas during the 1844 presidential campaign which pushed the u. s. closer to war with mexico. After the congress passed a law annexing texas, mexico ended its relations with the u. s. which caused polk to push further to get into war with mexico. On may 1846 mexican troops attacked a u. s. patrol and made polk"s dream come true by justifying a declaration of war, the congress declared war. The american promise: a history of the united states.