1. Jeffersonians Take Control
Jefferson’s Views
Faith in (democracy), which operated best in a society of small, independent
Protection of civil liberties
(usually ex. Louisiana)

2. Jefferson as President (1801-1809)
Reverses of Federalist Policy
Had Congress repeal excise tax on whiskey
Cut army and navy spending
Albert Gallatin reduced the national debt
Repeal of Naturalization Act, back to years
Allowed and Acts to expire
Pardoned persons still imprisoned under the Sedition Act
Repealed Judiciary Act of 1801

3. Clemency Actions Washington  Adams  Jefferson 
Article II, Section 2, Clause 1: The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
Washington 
Adams 
Jefferson 

4. Jefferson as President (1801-1809)
Continuation of Federalist Policy
Continued Hamilton’s financial program (except excise tax) by continuing full repayment of national debt, assumption, and National Bank!!!
Reaffirmed Washington’s foreign policy of nonalignment
“peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none”
Loose construction! ex. Louisiana Purchase

5. Louisiana Purchase Napoleon agreed to sell ALL the territory
(Settlers west of Appalachians sent bulky agricultural products down Mississippi River
Pinckney Treaty (1795), Spain allowed Americans the right of deposit at New Orleans)
1800 Napoleon gained LA from Spain
1802 suspended “right of deposit”
Robert Livingston and James Monroe sent to France to negotiate for purchase of New Orleans
Napoleon agreed to sell ALL the territory
Needed money for war with Britain
Could not defend the territory because of British navy
abandoned plans for an American empire
Mostly due to revolt led by Toussaint Louverture on Hispaniola

6. Louisiana Purchase Jefferson worried about constitutionality
wanted an amendment
Delay was warned would cause Napoleon to rescind his offer
Jefferson used the power of the President to make treaties as his justification
Article II, Section 2. The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several states, when called into the actual service of the United States; he may require the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the executive departments, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices, and he shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.
He shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law: but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session.

8. Thomas Jefferson
Wanted his three legacies to be

9. Founding Brothers -Joseph Ellis
Chapter One: The Duel
Chapter Two: The Dinner
Chapter Three: The Silence
Chapter Four: The Farewell
Chapter Five: The Collaborators
Chapter Six: The Friendship

10. The Aaron Burr Conspiracies
Aaron Burr- Jefferson's first-term vice president
after being dropped from Jefferson's cabinet, he joined a group of extremist Federalists who plotted the secession of New England and New York
Alexander Hamilton uncovered the plot
Burr challenged Hamilton to a duel and Hamilton accepted
Hamilton refused to shoot and he was shot and killed by Burr
General James Wilkinson-
corrupt military governor of Louisiana Territory
made an allegiance with Burr to separate the western part of the United States from the East and expand their new confederacy with invasions of Spanish-controlled Mexico and Florida
betrayed Burr when he learned that Jefferson knew of the plot
Burr was acquitted of the charges of treason by James Madison and he fled to Europe     

11. Democratic-Republican
The Election of 1804 Candidate
Party
Electoral Vote
Popular Vote
Thomas Jefferson (VA) George Clinton (NY)
Democratic-Republican *
C.C. Pinckney (SC) Rufus King (NY)
Federalist

12. America: A Neutral Caught in the Middle
Jefferson was reelected in
England was the power of the seas, and France had the power of land
England issued a series of Orders in Council in 1806
Closed European ports under Fr control to foreign shipping
Fr ordered the seizure of all merchant ships that entered Br ports

13. Jefferson, a Reluctant Warrior
Jefferson preferred to make the military smaller
Jefferson was forced to bend his thoughts of not using military force when the leader of Tripoli informally declared war on the United States
Jefferson sent the new navy to Tripoli and after 4 years of fighting, a deal was reached
U.S. paid Tripoli $60,000 for the release of captured Americans