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1800-1808 JEFFERSONIAN AMERICA

1800-1808 JEFFERSONIAN AMERICA. PERSONAL POLITICS IN THE AGE OF JEFFERSON

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1800-1808

JEFFERSONIAN AMERICA

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PERSONAL POLITICS IN THE

AGE OF JEFFERSON

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The Revolution of 1800

Shrink government

Liberty, not power

Encouraged Agriculture

Strong state governments

Reduce burdens govt.

placed on people

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Jefferson’s Monticello: The Jeffersonian Style

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Jefferson: The Walking Contradiction?

Residents of MonticelloThe vast majority of those living on Jefferson’s land were African American slaves.

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Jefferson and Sally Hemings: Did it happen?

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Personal Politics: The Burr/Hamilton Duel, 1804

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JEFFERSON IN POWER

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Jefferson and the Federalist Legacy

Jefferson adopted a conciliatory approach

Refused to enforce Sedition Act

Repealed unpopular taxes

Directed his Sec. of Treasury to erase Federalist debt

Slashed the budget of Army and Navy

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Jefferson’s Court Fight

Jefferson and the Judiciary Act of 1801

Jefferson stops commissions of new judges

Confrontation peaks with Marbury v. Madison (1803)

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Marbury v. Madison and Judicial Review

Dilemma: Should John

Marshall confront the

president

Deny Marbury the Commission

Give Marbury the Commission

Acknowledge the validity of

Marbury’s claim, but somehow

avoid a showdown with

Jefferson

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Decision: Marshall stated that Marbury was entitled to commission, but could not order Madison to give it to Marbury because the court lacked jurisdiction because part of the Judiciary Act of 1789 was unconstitutional

Consequences: Ruling established the power of Judicial Review, the notion that courts can overturn laws it deems in violation of the Constitution

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The Louisiana PurchaseThe West was essential to Jefferson’s

vision for the nation

1803

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AMERICAN AND A WORLD AT WAR

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Tensions on the High Seas

Americans react to

impressment

The Chesapeak

e Affair, 1807

Jefferson’s Embargo

Act of 1807

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Intercourse or Impartial DealingsJefferson stands helpless, caught between King

George and Napoleon.