jefferson presidency

President Adams (1796-1800)

• Member of the Federalist Party• Favored Britain• Tried to limit the power of the

opposition Democratic-Republican Party– Alien Act

• Made it harder to become a citizen

– Sedition Act• Made it easy to arrest a person

criticizing the government

The Democratic-Republicans React

• Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions– Written secretly by

Jefferson & Madison– Argued that Alien and

Sedition Laws were unconstitutional and that states did not have to follow them

– Called nullification

Election of 1800

Thomas Jefferson vs. John Adams Democratic Federalist

Republican

“Revolution of 1800”Peaceful transfer of power from one political party to another

ELECTION OF 1800

ELECTORAL COLLEGE

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Aaron Burr • Meant to be Jefferson Vice-President• Challenges Jefferson for the Presidency • Hamilton helps sway vote for presidency

to Jefferson• Election decided by the House of Reps.• Jefferson becomes President• Burr becomes Vice-President

Result• 12th Amendment• Electoral College has TWO votes• One vote for President• One vote for Vice President

Louisiana Purchase

Haiti

Haitian Revolution

US purchases Louisiana Purchase from France for $15 Million

• Jefferson believed in strict construction of the Constitution (the President only had the powers listed in the Constitution)

• Jefferson has no Constitutional power to purchase land

• Jefferson turned to loose construction

Jeffe

rson’s

Dilemma

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

• Supreme Court Case• Chief Justice John

Marshall (Federalist)• Established Judicial

Review – Power of the Supreme

Court to declare laws unconstitutional

JUDICIAL REVIEW COMES FROM THIS COURT CASE. IT IS NOT FOUND IN THE

CONSTITUTION