The American Jewish community of fifteen thousand,…
June 1840 CE
Among the new ethnic immigrant populations to the United States, the Jews are the first to attempt to sway the government to act on behalf of their kin and coreligionists abroad; with this incident, they become involved in the politics of foreign policy, persuading but not pressuring President Van Buren to protest officially.
The United States consul in Egypt expresses the protest.
People
Groups
Jews
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Islam
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Syrian people
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Druze, or Druse, the
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Christians, Roman Catholic
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Franciscans, or Order of St. Francis
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Ottoman Empire
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Damascus Eyalet
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Capuchin, Order of Friars Minor
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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC)
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Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
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Egypt, (Ottoman) Viceroyalty of
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France, constitutional monarchy of
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