CHAPTER 7The Jefferson Era

p. 181--233

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Jefferson’s Domestic IssuesPlanning of D.C.

• Pierre L’Enfant• Struggling little village

Establishing Presidential behavior

Early survey map of DC

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Jefferson’s Domestic Issues

Forced to be a politician

1802—abolished all internal taxes

Reduced government spending

Cut government staffs

Cut national debt almost in half

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Jefferson’s Domestic Issues

Cut size of armed forcesHelped to establish United States Military Academy at

West Point

Helped Republicans win majority of Congress in 1802

Helped Republicans repeal the Judiciary Act of 1801

President during first “test” of Supreme Court• Marbury v. Madison (1803)• John Marshall—Chief Justice

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Jefferson’s Domestic IssuesNative Americans

• Conflict #1: • disputes over land continued and William Henry Harrison

• Conflict #2: • William Henry Harrison and Tecumseh

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Jefferson’s Foreign /Domestic Policy IssuesLouisiana Purchase

Lewis and Clark

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Election of 1804Republicans: Thomas JeffersonFederalists: Charles Pinckney

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Jefferson’s Domestic Issues Part 2The Burr Conspiracy

• The Essex Junto

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Jefferson’s Foreign Policy Issues Part 2The Embargo of 1807

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Jefferson’s Foreign Policy Issues Part 2The Barbary PiratesConflict with GB (p. 204-205))

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Election of 1808Republicans—James MadisonFederalists—Charles Pinckney

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Madison’s Domestic Policy IssuesFlorida and the “southwest”

• Settlers wanted government to take Florida from Spanish

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Madison’s Foreign Policy IssuesThe War of 1812 (p. 209-213)

• Early American defeats• Andrew Jackson and the South• British invasion of Washington• Baltimore and Ft. McHenry• Plattsburgh, New York• New Orleans

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Madison’s Foreign Policy IssuesThe War of 1812

• “the natives were getting restless”• The Hartford Convention• The Treaty of Ghent