Post on 20-Aug-2015
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
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