1. The Jefferson Era

2. Beginning of the New Semester
What is coming up… 7th grade iLEAP!! iLEAP review packet

3. Grade 7 ileap Social Studies Assessment Structure

4. Bellringer…sort of
Place the following events in order (timeline) and add a brief description of the significance of each
The Battle of Yorktown
United States Constitution written
French and Indian War
Pilgrims sign Mayflower Compact
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
Navigation Acts passed to support system of Mercantilism
George Washington elected to presidency
The Declaration of Independence drafted and signed
The Stamp Act passed
The Intolerable Acts passed
Articles of Confederation written

5. Events in order… Pilgrims sign Mayflower Compact
Navigation Acts passed to support system of Mercantilism
French and Indian War
The Stamp Act passed
The Intolerable Acts passed
The Declaration of Independence drafted and signed
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Yorktown
Articles of Confederation written
United States Constitution written
George Washington elected to presidency

6. Now What…The Election of 1800
Who are the political parties? Who are the candidates? Who do you want to win???

7. Election Posters Partner Activity
Each group will be assigned to either the Federalist Party of the Democratic- Republican Party
You will be creating a campaign poster for the candidates from your political party
Poster should include:
Name of your party
Names of your candidate(s)
Reasons your candidate(s) should be elected
Reasons why your opponent should not be elected
A picture to go along with your poster, and COLOR!

8. Winner…?
Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr each received 73 votes, so who won?
Vote went to the House of Representatives, where it also tied
36 votes later, Thomas Jefferson was elected to the Presidency of the United States
How to fix this problem?
Twelfth Amendment – this amendment created a separate ballot for president and vice president

9. Significance of the election of 1800?
12th Amendment And… First time political power in the US had peacefully changed from one party to another

10. Marbury v. Madison Recap – Judiciary Act of 1789
Created the three levels of federal courts and defined their powers and relationship to the state courts
Democratic-Republicans controlled the Presidency and Congress, but the Federalists still controlled the Judiciary
Adams had appointed several judges at end of term (“midnight judges”)
Jefferson and his Secretary of State, James Madison, refused to accept some of the appointments
William Marbury sued Madison, asking the Supreme Court to enforce the appointment by Adams

11. Marbury v. Madison
John Marshall, the Chief Justice of the United States, wrote the US Supreme Court Decision for the case
Marshall stated that Jefferson should have honored the appointments, but the court had no power over Jefferson in this manner because the Judiciary Act of was unconstitutional.
Marbury v. Madison did several things
Avoided confrontation between Executive and Judiciary
Strengthened the Supreme Court
Established the court’s power of Judicial Review – the power to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional.

12. Verbal Recap….

13. Homework…
Read Sections 11.7 and 11.8 from History Alive!