Angry FederalistsAngry Federalists

• New England Federalist grow worried

• LA Purchase deal will swing more power toward Jefferson’s dream of agricultural nation

• Give more power to the South

• Jefferson triumphantly re-elected 1804

• Trouble on the horizon….

Most famous duel in historyMost famous duel in historyJuly 1804July 1804

• Hamilton & Burr long time political enemies• Burr running for Governor of NY 1804. Hamilton

campaigns against him. Burr loses• Tensions reached a bursting point with Hamilton's

journalistic defamation of Burr's character• Blaming Hamilton, Burr calls for a duel• 10 paces. Burr turns & kills Hamilton. • Indicted for murder; never brought to trial. Flees to

the west

Aaron Burr…a ConspiracyAaron Burr…a Conspiracy

• Political hopes fading

• LA Purchase represents opportunity

• Plots to separate LA territory from US

• Pry land from the LA Purchase w/ a small, well-armed army & build his own empire

• Perhaps he might even get Mexico

• Befriends Gen. James Wilkinson, Commander in chief of US Army. He is Gov. Of No Louisiana territory

TREASON

• Burr proposes to Great Britain he’ll help them take western US territory in exchange for $$ & ships to help him w mission

• Travels across country looking for supporters• Wilkinson “rats” him out; tells Jefferson• Trial of the century. Burr’s act of treason not

specific proof as directly stated in Constitution. He is acquitted!

• Career in ruins. Attempts to get French & Britain to launch joint attack on US.

EMBARGOEMBARGO

• Definition:

• An order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from it’s ports

• A legal prohibition on commerce

Embargo Act 1807• Britain & France still fighting for control of

Europe.

• Britain’s royal navy shut down European harbors to American ships

• America caught in the middle

• Jefferson wants to remain neutral

• British system of IMPRESSMENT of American soldiers. Forcible enlistment of our soldiers.

• Over 6000 American soldiers impressed. Many die or are killed

Jefferson’s alternativeJefferson’s alternative

• Jefferson tries economic method vs. war

• Law forbids the export of all goods from the United States

• Embargo act is disastrous

• American people furious

• No exports = no business = no $$

• Congress repeals act 3 days before Jefferson retires.

ActivityActivityChoose one.Choose one.

• Complete cartoon analysis sheet for Embargo Act cartoon

• Research tradition of dueling and the code duello (written rules of dueling). Provide brief summary. Honorable or violent?

• Write 1-2 paragraphs on a current US embargo.

Got Milk?Got Milk?

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLSsswr6z9Y