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JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLIC
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THOMAS JEFFERSON 1801-1809
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THOMAS JEFFERSON
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DOMESTIC AFFAIRS Wanted a smooth transition of parties Maintained National Bank & debt repayment Kept many Federalist advisors Wanted the retain supporters Reduced the size of the military Eliminated the number of federal jobs Repealed excise tax
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DOMESTIC AFFAIRS Louisiana Purchase 1800 Napoleon forced Spain to give Louisiana Territory & New Orleans to France Closed New Orleans & Mississippi River to the Americans By 1803-lost interest in North America 1804-Jefferson sends ambassadors to France to ask for New Orleans
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DOMESTIC AFFAIRS Louisiana Purchase Could spend up to $10 million, if denied go to England and ask for alliance Napoleon needs money for war with Great Britain Offers New Orleans and the Louisiana Territory for $15 million Americans accept going beyond instructions Jefferson approved of deal, but did not believe he had the power to buy lands Submits to the Senate as a treaty
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DOMESTIC AFFAIRS Louisiana Purchase Consequences Doubled the size of the US=15 states Removed all foreign nations from border Controlled Mississippi River & New Orleans Lewis & Clark Expeditions Increased popularity of Jefferson & the Democratic- Republicans
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LEWIS AND CLARK
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WILLIAM MARBURY
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SUPREME COURT POWER Adams-”Midnight Judges” Jefferson-orders Secretary of State, James Madison, not to deliver commissions Marbury v. Madison (1803) Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that Marbury had a right to his commission according to the Judiciary Act of 1789, but that Act gave the Supreme Court more power than the Constitution, so it is unconstitutional & Marbury can not be given his commission Established the doctrine of “judicial review”-Supreme Court had the power to decide whether an Act of Congress or the President was constitutional
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AARON BURR
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ELECTION OF 1804 Jefferson re-elected but Democratic-Republicans decide not to nominate Aaron Burr as Vice President Burr decides to run for Gov. of NY with plan of secession Hamilton is his opponent and wins Burr challenges Hamilton to a duel & kills him 1806-Burr planned to take Mexico from Spain, unite it with Louisiana Territory to form a new country Jefferson orders his arrest and trial for treason Burr acquitted for lack of evidence & disappears from history
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS Tripoli War-Barbary Pirates 1807-Leopard v. Chesapeake Embargo Act Prohibited American trade to any foreign country Hoped it would cause hardship to Britain and France Backfired-greater hardship to US, but did increase Northern manufacturing
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ELECTION OF 1808 Jefferson decides not to run for a third term Jefferson supports his Secretary of State, James Madison Runs against a federalist and two other Democratic-Republicans Madison receives majority of electoral votes
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JAMES MADISON 1809-1817
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JAMES MADISON
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS 1809-Non-Intercourse Act-repealed the Embargo Act, US would trade with all countries except Britain & France 1810-Macon’s Bill-restored trade with Britain & France 1810-Macon’s Bill #2-If Britain or France would accept a treaty to stop seizing ships, we would stop trade with their enemy Napoleon’s Deception-Napoleon agreed to leave ships alone, US puts an embargo against Britain, France continued to seize ships
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS War of 1812-Second War for Independence Causes Free Seas and trade Frontier Pressure War Hawks Battles-separate sheet Treaty of Ghent (1814) Returned all conquered land Pre-war northern boundary
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS War of 1812-Consequences US gains respect of world nations Accept Canada as neighbor Federalist Party ends Native Americans force to surrender large areas of land More factories built due to blockade First American nationalism War heroes to be presidents
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DOMESTIC AFFAIRS Hartford Convention New England states Federalists-Opposed to war December 1814 Some wanted secession Proposed 2/3 rd vote for any future declaration of war Set precedent looked to by the southern states on secession
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ELECTION OF 1816 Madison decides not to run for third term Supports his Secretary of State-James Monroe Monroe easily wins the election 183 to 34 in the electoral college Monroe’s administration named “Era of Good Feelings”
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JAMES MONROE 1817-1825
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JAMES MONROE
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DOMESTIC AFFAIRS Nationalism Cultural Economic Tariff of 1816-first “protective” tariff Panic of 1819 2 nd Bank of the United States Most severe in the west Changes in political parties Federalist party is dead Factions & sectionalism divide Democratic-Republicans
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HENRY CLAY
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DOMESTIC AFFAIRS Missouri Compromise (1820) Even balance of slave & free states (11) Missouri ready to be a state-wants slavery First state from the Louisiana Territory to apply for statehood Debated for one year Henry Clay comes up with a compromise Missouri admitted as slave state Maine admitted as free state (population exemption) Louisiana Territory divided at the 36 latitude line Above the line-free states Below the line-slave states
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MISSOURI COMPROMISE MAP
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS Rush-Bagot Agreement (1817)-limited military in Great Lakes-”unfortified border” Florida Spain had left to put down revolutions in South America Place for criminals, runaway slaves, Native Americans- raid cities in Georgia 1817-Monroe sends General Andrew Jackson to pursue raiders-crosses into Spanish Florida Spanish worried Americans would take Florida by force Florida Purchase Treaty (1819) Spain gives US Florida and rights to Oregon US forgives $5 million in debt and rights to Texas
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GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS Monroe Doctrine (1823) Address to Congress-Monroe enacts new foreign policy European countries could no longer take colonies in North or South America European countries were not to interfere with governments in North or South America United States would not interfere in European Affairs Impact Americans supported, but forgot about Europeans upset, but didn’t invade Could never have enforced it
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JOHN MARSHALL
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MARSHALL COURT Appointed by John Adams (Federalist) Decisions favor the National Government and property rights over state’s rights Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819) States can not alerter contracts of private corporations McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) Federal government has the right to create a bank and states can not tax federal institutions Cohens v. Virginia (1821) Supreme Court can review any decision in a state court involving the federal government Gibbons v. Ogden (1821) Federal government controls interstate commerce
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