1. Chapter 10.5 Election of 1800 With John Adams threatening American civil liberties with the Alien and Sedition Acts – It’s time for another election… – Who is the public going to pick this time?

2. Election of 1800 Federalists – John Adams 1 st sitting president who had to seriously campaign to keep his job – Charles Pinckney Picked because of success from XYZ Affair Democratic –Republican – Thomas Jefferson VP who really wants to be POTUS – Aaron Burr Popular politician within Democratic –Republican party

3. Election of 1800 Breakdown Thomas Jefferson - 73 electoral votes Aaron Burr - 73 electoral votes John Adams - 65 electoral votes Problem: – If there is a tie for 1 st, who wins? Who becomes VPOTUS? It goes to the House of Representatives to pick from the top 2 candidates!

4. In the case of a tie…House of Representatives picks the new POTUS In the H of Reps – Most of the majority political party is the Federalists: They refuse to vote for TJ – They pick Burr just because they hate Thomas Jefferson – The Democratic-Republican’s make up the rest They vote for Jefferson What happens? – It’s a tie vote 30 straight times… » Then, it gets weird….

5. Enter Alexander Hamilton Because he hated Aaron Burr so much… – He got the Federalists to not vote at all That way Jefferson could win! – Becomes 3 rd POTUS Aaron Burr is furious – He becomes VPOTUS – Because of this…. » Aaron Burr and Hamilton will be lifelong enemies… Until one shoots the other.

6. The U.S. Constitution gets a new amendment 12 th amendment – Added in 1803 Created 2 ballots for presidential elections: 1 for POTUS 1 for VPOTUS That way there can never be a tie again….we hope.

7. So what happens after the election of 1800… Thomas Jefferson is excited!!! – Gets to become next POTUS John Adams is very disappointed he took 3 rd. – Goes home to Massachusetts to retire. Was happy that the power of the POTUS passed freely to another political party – Showed that our government was strong enough to endure. Aaron Burr and Alex Hamilton? – It takes 4 years, but It’s time to duel it out…

8. According to historians… this is what happened. http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed- july-14-2004/sarah-vowell http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed- july-14-2004/sarah-vowell

9. The Duel at Dawn…July 11, 1804 Aaron Burr challenges Hamilton to the duel – They are to meet in New Jersey Rules of duel: – They will march off 10 paces – They will turn and present arms – On command, they will fire at each other If they both miss, you repeat…

10. The Death of Alexander Hamilton Hamilton shoots the tree next to Burr Burr shoots Hamilton in the chest – He dies the next day With his death and John Adams retirement – The Federalist party ends.

11. The Life of Alexander Hamilton…in poem. http://www.mrbach.net/documents/multime dia_2.html http://www.mrbach.net/documents/multime dia_2.html

12. That’s it…we’re done. Study for your test!!!