3. Fulton & Robert Livingston
1808
• Monopoly from NY on
Steamboat rights on
NY Rivers
4. Fletcher v Peck
• 1810 – Georgia tried to void a land sale
that had already been authorized.
• Involved the Yazoo River and a bribed
congress.
John Marshall said…
States must follow contracts.
5.
6. 1815
• Spain & Portugal defeat Napoleon
Want America again
• Russia in Alaska since 1784 – Oregon?
US – want Mexico & Cuba
- Trade with China