1. The Capitol Building c.1800

2. 1800 Election Results (16 states in the Union)
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
Democratic-Republican 73
52.9%
Aaron Burr
New York
John Adams
Massachusetts
Federalist 65
47.1%
Charles Pinckney
South Carolina 64
46.4%
John Jay 1
0.7%
Total Number of Electors
138
Total Electoral Votes Cast
276
Number of Votes for a Majority 70

3. 1800 Election Results
Adams
Jefferson

4. 1800 Election Results (Into the House of Representatives!!)
 1 vote for each State 
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
Democratic-Republican 10
62.5%
Aaron Burr
New York 4
25.0%
Blank 2
12.5%

5. Jeffersonian Philosophy
Strict interpretation of Constitution=weak central gov’t
Small gov’t and less taxes
Agricultural (farming) society
Sided with the French

6. First Inaugural Address
Essential Principles of Government
“equal and exact justice to all men”
“peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations”
“the support of state governments”
“the preservation of general government”
punishment for those who choose to revolt
compliance with the decisions of the majority

7. United streaming- 2 minutes
Louisiana Purchase
France secretly acquired territory in 1800
Napoleon willing to sell for war $
Madison was sent to buy New Orleans- just the port!
Bought the whole territory for $15 million (524,800,000 acres)
Purchasing land not mentioned in Constitution…
United streaming- 2 minutes

8. The Louisiana Purchase

9. Which nations might be concerned by U.S. encroachment?

10. Lewis and Clark lead the Corps of Discovery

11. Into the Unknown…

12. Lewis and Clark Expedition
January 18, 1803
Jefferson asks Congress for funds to explore the land west of the Mississippi
His goal is to find a water route to the Pacific
May 1804
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark depart on the expedition

13. Lewis and Clark Expedition
January 18, 1803
Jefferson sends a secret message to congress regarding the Lewis and Clark Expedition
In this message Jefferson asks for permission to establish trading with the Indians

14. Second Inaugural Address
Delivered on March 4, 1805
Stresses the importance of American neutrality in matters of foreign affairs
Outlines the Louisiana Purchase and the processes by which the original inhabitants of the land will become citizens of the United States
Stresses the importance of harmony amongst all inhabitants of America

15. Neutral Rights, Impressment, Embargo
Jefferson cut the size of the military by more than half
French and British both threaten US ships on high seas
British impress (take prisoner) American citizens (Chesapeake-Leonard Affair)
Jefferson decides to stop all trade with the Embargo Act

16. The Embargo Act 1807

17. The Embargo Act 1807 No foreign trade at all Economic slump begins
Embargo-runners emerge
Not good for the republican party

18. “John Bull Taking A Lunch”

19. James and Dolley Madison

20. James Madison Jefferson’s Secretary of State
Most intelligent of Founding Fathers
“Father of the Constitution”
Won 1808 and 1812 elections
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