Midnight Judges Judiciary Act of 1801 – Adams tries to pack courts with Federalist before leaving office Jefferson fires them all, and tries to fire more Established that judges can only fired if done something wrong

Marbury V Madison Marbury wants Supreme Court to force Jefferson to fill paper work for his appointment as justice of peace Supreme Court says that is not there job

Judicial Review Marbury V Madison established the Power of supreme court is to review whether laws constitutional or not Makes supreme court more powerful

Louisiana Purchase France regained LA from Spain, we worry about having France as a neighbor Napoleon sells LA to Jefferson for 15 million to help pay for wars (double size of US)

Lewis and Clark Merriwether Lewis and William Clark w/ Sacagawea explore from Missouri River towards Pacific Ocean

Essex Junto New England feared losing power as size of country increased (LA purchase) Some talked of New England leaving the Union, and making Aaron Burr there new president

Hamilton V Burr Hamilton called Burr “a dangerous man” over involvement with Essex Junto Burr challenged Hamilton to Duel = Hamilton Dies

Orders in Council British say need a license to carry goods to Europe France says any ship that has license will get goods taken No matter what US does goods will be stolen

Chesapeake & Leopard British Leopard wanted to search American Chesapeake Leopard fires on Chesapeake killing 3 and impressing (kidnapping) 4 Americans

Impressments British would search American ships for deserters (people who left British navy), many times force American sailors into British navy

Trade Embargo of 1807 US stops all trade with Europe in response to Orders in Council Hurts US more then Europe, repealed 1808