Jeffersonian America

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Jeffersonian America

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President Thomas Jefferson

• 3rd president of the United States
• Took office 1800
• Election of 1800 called a revolution
• Election of 1800 House of Representative
  election Aaron Burr Jefferson Hamilton
  deciding factor
• Total change of government from Federalist Party
  to Democratic-Republican no bloodshed
• Simpler presidency
• Walked to inauguration
• Signed his correspondence Mr. Jefferson

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Monticello

• Designed his home, Monticello in VA
• Filled with inventions of his
• Also designed main building for U. of Va which he
  helped start and VA state capital building

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Jeffersons lap desk of his own design
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Jeffersons Wheel Cipherallowed the easy
encoding and decoding of messages
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Jeffersons portable copying press to make
multiple copies of a handwritten document
In side of dining room fireplace, there were dumb
waiters
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Original building University of Virginia designed
by T. Jefferson, considered outstanding example
American federalist architecture
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Presidency

• First term in office
• Cabinet
• James Madison, Sec. of State
• Albert Gallatin, Sec. of Treas.
• All cabinet positions were Democrats
• Alien Sedition Acts allowed to lapse
• Financial structure changed
• Cut national debt
• Changed sources of revenue
• Altered appropriation system
• Simpler tone of governmentmore accessible to
  people

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Jefferson John Marshall

• Judiciary Act of 1800
• Adams had made appointments
• JP for DC, Marbury
• Appointment not delivered
• Marbury v. Madison
• Landmark Supreme Court decision
• Established principle of Judicial Review!!!
• First of many important John Marshall decisions

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• Foreign Policy
• Tripolitan War, 1801-05

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• Louisiana Purchase, 1803

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• Arranged the Lewis and Clark expedition
  (1804-1806) to explore northern sections of
  Purchase try and find route to Pacific

Sacajawea acting as guide for Lewis Clark
expedition
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• Second term
• Elected by huge marginonly Del. Conn. did not
  vote for him
• National Road

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• Burr Conspiracy
• Duel with Hamilton
• Western intrigues
• TrialJohn Marshall presiding

Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
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• Ban on African Slave Trade
• Foreign Policy
• Problems with France
• Napoleonic Wars, 1804-1815
• Both France England violated American
  neutrality
• Orders In Council (Brit) Berlin-Milan Decrees
  (Fr)
• British stopping shipsimpressment
• Nonimportation Act
• Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
• Embargo Act 1807
• Election of 1808

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• Retired to Monticello after Madisons election
  farmed, experimented, invented
• After British burned capital in War of 1812, sold
  his personal library to Congress became the
  basis for Library of Congress
• Died July 4, 1826 same day as John Adams

Thomas Jeffeson
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• James Madison, 4th president
• The Man
• Shortest president
• Nickname Little Jemmy Madison
• Married to Dolly Madison

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• Annexation of West Florida
• National Bank
• Northwest Indian Problems
• Foreign Affairs
• Britain
• France
• War of 1812
• Causes
• War hawks
• Madisons declaration of Warcauses listed
• opposition to war

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• US advantages
• US disadvantages
• Fighting the war
• Attack on Canada
• Naval successes
• British invasion of burning of Washington, DC
• Mostly US losses
• British blockade
• BaltimoreStar Spangled Banner
• Treaty of Ghent
• Battle of New Orleans

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Results of War

• Northeastern Federalists had met at Hartford
  considered seccession with Treaty of Ghent
  Battle of New Orleans, was end of Federalist
  Party
• Americans became convinced they had won war huge
  spirit of Nationalism swept country
• Introduced Era of Good Feeling in American
  politics