positive in the state of tennessee. when he first bought it in 1804 he was a rising political star. he was head of the tennessee militia. he had already been a u.s. congressman, here are ready been a u.s. senator he had been on what we would consider the tennessee court. he goes on and works and is able to take control over florida. we probably wouldn t have florida it wasn t for andrew jackson. he was the first military governor of florida when florida became a territory of the united states when we acquired it from spain. he was only governor for a few months and basically was sent there by president monroe to impose american law on what had been a standard. that s how we got jacksonville jackson
here, and make our planes and our boats and our everything here. but we re going to build up our military. [ cheers and applause ] but we ve got to start focusing on our country. that s why i m saying, america first. make america great again. you ve never heard that expression. all of those hats. all of those they ve never heard that expression before. ah that was a good expression, and it s a true expression. it s already happening long ahead of schedule. in fact, today some numbers came out that people haven t seen in many, many years. this beautiful city of saint charles is the perfect place to deliver the message that i want to deliver. it s the place where america s past and future come to life on its historic bricked, bind main street. nice street. do you agree? [ applause ] it was along these very streets that in 1804 the great american
[ cheers and applause ] it was along these very streets that in 1804, the great american explorers lewis and clark gathered their final supplies before setting out on their very historic expedition of discovery. i have to say, i didn t really know that until two days ago. see, see now the world is watching. look at all the fake news back there. they are all watching. today more than two centuries later new generation of american pioneers begins its own adventure. gathering inside the start ups and store fronts of main street across the country, blazing new trails, into totally uncharted territory of business and technology. and once again leading our nation into a future of limitless potential. that s what we have in this
boats and our everything here. we re going to build up our military. [cheers & applause] we ve got to start focusing on our country. that s why i m saying america first. make america great again. you ve never heard that expression. all of those hats. they ve never heard that expression before. that was a good expression and it s a true expression. it s already happening long ahead of schedule. today some numbers came out that people haven t seen in many, many years. this before city of st. charles is the perfect place to deliver the message that i want to deliver. it s the place where america s past and future come to life on this historic brick-lined main street. nice street. do you agree? [applause] it was along these very streets that in 1804 the great american
independent united states. it went loaded with goods to sell in asia, and it came back full of porcelain and tea. our first president george washington himself owned a set of tableware from that ship. in 1804 thomas jefferson sent to lewis and clarke on an expedition to our pacific coast. they were the first of the millions of americans who ventured west to live out america s manifest destiny across our vast continent. in 1817, the congress approved the first full-time pacific development of an american warship. that initial naval presence soon grew into a squadron, then a