1. The Jeffersonian Era
Chapter 7

2. Rise of Cultural Nationalism
Embraced and strayed from Republican ideals
Adopted many Federalist procedures
Cities, Industry, and Commerce grew
Religious revivals expanded
Culture exhibited a vigorous nationalism
Embraced idea of public education
By 1815 – no state had a comprehensive system
South had private schools sponsored by religious groups
North had private secular schools

3. Rise of Cultural Nationalism
Republican Motherhood
Made education for females more accessible
Little desire to education African or Native Americans
Higher Education
Limited to classics and religious training
Professional training had little support
Cultural Independence
Noah Webster – American Spelling Book and Dictionary
New American literary endeavors
Washington Irving, Mercy Otis Warren, Parson Weems

4. Rise of Cultural Nationalism
Commitment to Church Institutions
Weakened by Revolution
Still had strong religious convictions
Deism
Evangelical movements increased
Cane Ridge, Kentucky - 1st Camp Meeting
Women played a vital role in revivals
In some areas African Americans were also admitted
Gabriel Prosser's slave rebellion
Inspired by camp meeting and discussion of egalitarianism
Revivals for Native Americans
Created a movement to defend native lands and traditions and rejecting the “white man's ways”
By 1801 evangelicalism eclipsed the influence of rational theology and became the national religious characteristic

5. Stirrings of Industrialism
America was moving slowly in direction of an urban industrial society
Samuel Slater
Despite attempts by British to keep industrial secrets in country, Slater founded a spinning mill in R.I.
Eli Whitney
Cotton Gin
Interchangable Parts
Effect on agriculture/slavery
Effect on New England's textile industry
Transportation System
Robert Fulton – perfected the steamboat engine
Private companies built turnpikes
Longer roads supported by federal and state governments
Cities grew and became centers of commerce, education, and affluence

6. Jefferson, as President
Goals in Office
Tried to reconcile Federalists and Republicans
Stressed Republican simplicity
Did not take out all Federalist policies
Used his party and presidential powers to strengthen republican ideals
Successes
Reversing the Federalist trend of a large central government
Repealed the whiskey tax, reduced government spending, retired half the national debt, reduced the size of the army and navy
Stopped paying Barbary Pirates tribute
The Judiciary
Marbury v. Madison
Judicial Review
John Marshall

7. Doubling the Size of the Nation
Napoleon and his empire
Regained control of Louisiana from Spain
Spain closed port of New Orleans
Robert Livingston instructed to purchase New Orleans
Napoleon's troops being decimated by disease while putting down rebellion on Santo Domingo by Tousaint L'Overture
Offered to sell whole territory
Jefferson questioned his ability to purchase because it was not specifically given to him as a power in the Constitution
Decided his treaty powers allowed him to purchase
$15 Million purchase price
The territory
Doubled the size of the US
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Zebulon Pike

8. Expansion and War
Napoleonic Wars and conflicts with Native Americans combined to produce War of 1812
Continental System
Orders in Council
England's Impressment policy
Leapord/Chesapeake Affair
Embargo on trade with all nations
James Madison becomes president
Madison modified the embargo
Napoleon's manipulation led to US stopping trade with Great Britain only

9. Expansion and War
Competition for western lands set stage for conflict with Native Americans
Native Americans looked to British for assistance
Prophet and Tecumseh
William Henry Harrison
Battle of Tippecanoe
Expansionists
Northern expansionists wanted to annex Canada
Southern expansionists wanted to annex Florida
Election of 1810 – Many War Hawks won election to Congress
Henry Clay
John C. Calhoun

10. War of 1812
English were engaged in war in Europe, did not fight in America until 1813
American attempts at takeover
Invasion of Canada – Repulsed
Early Naval Victories
Burned Toronto
Gained control of Lakes Ontario and Erie
Oliver Hazzard Perry defeated British Fleet
Florida
Andrew Jackson defeated Creek tribe at Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Creek cede land to US
Went on to take over other parts of Florida

11. War of 1812 British blockade
Invaded US after 1814 surrender of Napoleon
British burned public buildings in Washington DC
Bombarded Ft. McHenry
Francis Scott Key
Star Spangled Banner
Andrew Jackson defeated British troops at the Battle of New Orleans (after peace treaty was signed)
Opposition to war
Especially from Federalists in New England
Federalists convened the Hartford Convention in 1814
Proposed amendments to protect New England Interests
Also hinted at secession
Victory in New Orleans and the peace treaty discredited Federalists

12. War of 1812 Treaty of Ghent (1814) Rush-Bagot Agreement (1817)
Ended the fighting
Britain granted American commercial privileges in the Empire
Rush-Bagot Agreement (1817)
Disarmed the Great Lakes
War was another blow to Native American resistance of white expansion