1800-1808

JEFFERSONIAN AMERICA

PERSONAL POLITICS IN THE

AGE OF JEFFERSON

The Revolution of 1800Shrink

governmentLiberty, not

power

Encouraged Agriculture

Strong state governments

Reduce burdens govt.

placed on people

Jefferson’s Monticello: The Jeffersonian Style

Jefferson: The Walking Contradiction?

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

Jefferson and Sally Hemings: Did it happen?

Personal Politics: The Burr/Hamilton Duel, 1804

JEFFERSON IN POWER

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Repealed unpopular taxes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

Jefferson’s Court FightJefferson and the Judiciary Act of 1801

Jefferson stops commissions of new judges

Confrontation peaks with Marbury v. Madison (1803)

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

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

The Louisiana PurchaseThe West was essential to Jefferson’s

vision for the nation

1803

AMERICAN AND A WORLD AT WAR

Tensions on the High Seas

Americans react to

impressment

The Chesapeak

e Affair, 1807

Jefferson’s Embargo

Act of 1807

Intercourse or Impartial DealingsJefferson stands helpless, caught between King

George and Napoleon.