1. Thomas Jefferson What made Jefferson different?

2. Objective
Explain how colonization, revolution, and democracy shaped the United States of America

3. Guided Notes Questions Copy these into your notes
Review:
1. What document was written by Thomas Jefferson? What is the
the significance of this document?
Guided Notes:
2. How did Jefferson’ actions reflect his theory of government?
3. Describe the importance of the court case Marbury v. Madison
and the result the case achieved.
4. Explain how the Louisiana Purchase affected the United States.
5. What was the significance of the Lewis and Clark Expedition on
the trajectory of the United States?
Each question should sentences and use direct information from the lesson

4. The Election of 1800
Thomas Jefferson defeated John Adams for the presidency
Jefferson = Democratic Republican (state’s rights)
believed that Adams wanted to turn the executive branch into a British-styled monarchy
Adams = Federalist (centralized government)
believed that Jefferson was a dangerous support of revolutionary France and an atheist
tie between Jefferson and his running mate Aaron Burr that was decided in the House of Representatives

5. Thomas Jefferson Jeffersonian Republicanism – theory of government
1. people should control
the government
2. simple government best
suited people’s needs
Jefferson tried to:
> decentralize power
> shrink the government
> cut costs

6. Thomas Jefferson Things Jefferson Did 1. cut the national debt
2. reduced the size of the army / halted planned expansion of the navy
3. rejected appearances that made the U.S. president look like a king
4. lowered expenses for government social functions
5. rolled back Hamilton’s economic program
* eliminated all internal taxes
* reduced the influence of the Bank of the United States
Guided Question: How did Jefferson’ actions reflect his theory of
government?

7. Thomas Jefferson
before leaving office, Adams tried to influence future judicial
decisions by filling federal judgeships with Federalists
some appointments had not been delivered by the time Adams
left office
Jefferson argued that these appointments were invalid with led
to one of the most important Supreme Court decisions of all
time = Marbury v. Madison

8. Thomas Jefferson
1803 case Marbury v. Madison sets up the idea of judicial review
Judicial Review: the ability of the Supreme Court to declare a
law unconstitutional
Marbury vs. Madison was a ground breaking court case
because it established the policy of judicial review
Guided Question: Describe the importance of court case Marbury
v. Madison and the result the case achieved.

9. The Louisiana Purchase
Napoleon Bonaparte abandoned
his ideas of an American empire
in 1803
Napoleon offered to sell the
Louisiana Territory to the United States
Thomas Jefferson purchased it at a price of $15 million
= less than 3 cents an acre
($233 million = 42 cents an acre in 2011)

10. extended from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains
the purchase more than doubled the size of the United States
(800,000 more square miles)
gave the United States complete control of the Mississippi River
Guided Question: Explain how the Louisiana Purchase affected
the United States.

11. The Louisiana purchase

12. Lewis and Clark expedition
Jefferson appeared strong and powerful when dealing with foreign
nations where he guided a splendid piece of foreign diplomacy
through the U.S. Sent with the purchase of the Louisiana territory
after the Louisiana Purchase Treaty was made, Jefferson initiated an
exploration of the newly purchased land and the territory beyond
the "great rock mountains" in the West.
Jefferson chose his personal secretary, Meriwether Lewis, an intelligent and literate man who also possessed skills as a frontiersman.
Lewis in turn solicited the help of William Clark, whose abilities as draftsman and frontiersman were even stronger.

13. Lewis and Clark Expedition
Jefferson hoped that Lewis and Clark would find a water route
linking the Columbia and Missouri rivers.
this water link would connect the Pacific Ocean with the
Mississippi River system
this would give the new western land access to port markets
out of the Gulf of Mexico and to eastern cities along the
Ohio River

14. Lewis and Clark Expedition
the explorers brought back valuable information about the West and showed that transcontinental travel was possible
Guided Question: What was the significance of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition on the trajectory of the United States?

15. ESSENTIAL QUESTION
Do you Jefferson was really different than Washington and Adams? Justify your answer.
Write three complete sentences in the summary location on your note sheet

16. Objective
Explain how colonization, revolution, and democracy shaped the United States of America