1. The Jefferson Era
Formative Review

2. The Election of 1800 Federalist candidates:
Democratic-Republican candidates:
Original election results
Who broke the tie
12th Amendment

3. Jefferson as President
Goal for government?
Cut nat’l debt
Cut military expenses
Cut the number of government workers
Got rid of most federal taxes
Only collected customs duties
Sold western land

4. Judiciary Act of 1801 Before Jefferson took office
Adams made hundreds of court appointments
Chief Justice: John Marshall
Strengthens Supreme Court
Jefferson to Madison (Sec of State): don’t deliver commissions
Marbury v. Madison
3 principles of judicial review

5. Lesson 2: The Louisiana Purchase

6. Napoleon & Santo Domingo
Saint-Domingue: Toussaint L’Ouverture leads slave revolt
1804: Independence from France = Haiti

7. An Expanding Nation Napoleon needs $ to pay for war against Britain
1803: Sells Louisiana Territory
Jefferson sends Lewis (& Clark) to explore new territory
L&C (& Sacagawea, York, etc.) Expedition:

8. An Expanding Nation (cont.)
Zebulon Pike explores the southwest (Pike’s Peak)
Federalists in the northeast: worried about growing country
Plan to secede
Ask Burr for help
Hamilton: doesn’t trust Burr
Burr kills Hamilton in a duel

9. Lesson 3: A Time of Conflict

10. Piracy on the Seas
Americans trading w/ China, India, South America, Africa, Mediterranean
Barbary States of North Africa: Morocco, Algiers, Tripoli, Tunis
Pirates demand tribute

11. War with Tripoli Jefferson refuses to pay higher tribute
Tripoli declares war on U.S.
Jefferson sends ships to blockade Tripoli
1804: Pirates seize U.S. warship Philadelphia
Ship burned by Stephen Decatur so pirates couldn’t use it
1805: Treaty signed

12. The British Abuse American Shipping
Brits search for deserters on U.S. ships
1807: Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
Leopard stops Chesapeake
Chesapeake captain refuses to let Brits search for deserters
Brits fire, kill 3 crew members on Chesapeake

13. More Problems for American Trade
1807: Embargo Act
All imports & exports banned
Disaster
Repealed in 1809; replaced by Nonintercourse Act
Banned trade w/ Britain & France
Unpopular & unsuccessful

15. HW
What is happening in this political cartoon? (Embargo Act of 1807 cartoon)
What is the Ograbme?
What seems to be the cartoonist’s opinion of the Embargo? Support your response with examples from the cartoon.

16. Election of 1808 Republican candidate: James Madison
Federalist candidate: Pinckney
Winner: Madison