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The Age of Jefferson

2. Essential Question
With respect to the Constitution, Jeffersonian Republicans are usually characterized as strict constructionists who were opposed to the broad constructionism of the Federalists. To what extent was this characterization of the two parties accurate during the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison?
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3. The Jefferson Administration
Continue Neutrality
Reduced:
Military (3,000)
Bureaucracy
Repealed excise taxes
National Debt
Maintained:
National Bank
Debt-repayment plan
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4. Western Expansion Importance of Mississippi River
Spain closes New Orleans (1802)
Louisiana Purchase (1803)
Negotiations:
$10 million for New Orleans and part of Florida
Reply? $15 million for all of Louisiana
Constitutional?
Lewis and Clark Expedition ( )
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5. The Marshall Court Adams’ “Midnight Judges” Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Impeachment attempts
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Judicial review
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6. Partisan Squabbles Election of 1804 The Duel Burr’s Treason
Federalist Conspiracy
Burr vs. Hamilton
The Duel
Burr’s Treason
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7. Foreign Affairs Barbary Pirates Challenges to Neutrality
Tripoli ( )
Challenges to Neutrality
Chesapeake Affair (1807)
Embargo of 1807
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9. The Presidency of James Madison
The Presidency of James Madison

10. Madison Administration
Election of 1808
Commercial Warfare
Non-intercourse Act of 1809
Macon’s Bill No. 2 (1810)
Napoleon’s Deception
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11. British–American Tensions
Causes:
Impressment
Western Expansion
Battle of Tippecanoe (1811)
New States & Congressmen
“War Hawks”
Clay & Calhoun
Declaration of War (June, 1812)
Chart: © Jeff Isola

12. The War of 1812 A Divided Nation The War Hartford Convention (1814)
Election of 1812
Declining Federalist Party
Opposition to War
New England Merchants, “Old” Democratic-Republicans, Federalists
The War
Invasion of Canada
Perry’s Navy
Battle of the Thames
“Old Ironsides”
Chesapeake Campaign
Burning of Washington
Baltimore Saved (Ft. McHenry)
Southern Campaign
Battle of New Orleans
Hartford Convention (1814)
Death of the Federalists
Treaty of Ghent ( )
“Not one inch of territory ceded or lost”
Image 1: Dolly Madison Rescuing the Stuart portrait of Washington
Image 2: Defense of Ft. McHenry

13. Legacy of the War US Gains Respect of Other Nations
US accepts Canada as part of British Empire
Decline and death of the Federalist Party
Although precedent for nullification and secession set
Continued decline and decimation of American Indians
Blockade served as catalyst for industrial self-sufficiency
Emergence of war heroes (Jackson, Harrison)
Growth of Nationalism and Western Expansion – “Era of Good Feelings”
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