BRITISH MONARCHYBRITISH MONARCHY

FEDERALIST ADMINISTRATIONFEDERALIST ADMINISTRATION

JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACYJEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACY

Jeffersonian democracy

•Was the champion for the common mancommon man….Believed common mancommon man with education would prepare them for participation in government…..But for now, educated elite should rule…

•Feared the consequences of industrializationindustrialization and visualized an agrarian societyagrarian society….FarmersFarmers were the chosen class.

•Disagreed with the Bank of the USBank of the US but would not repeal it once President.

•Owned slavesOwned slaves but believed it was evil….Over time, slavery would end but predicted it would divide U.S……Ultimate goal, Blacks would assimilateassimilate into American society.

•Native AmericansNative Americans, co-existence a long range goal….But would have to learn agricultural ways and become self-sufficient…For that time, Indians and whitesIndians and whites could not co-existenceco-existence and worked towards voluntary removalvoluntary removal of tribes to western lands

•Believed educationeducation the key to social mobilitysocial mobility and to better one’s self.

Election of 1796

The “Revolution of 1800”:“We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists”

• abolishes internal taxes• cuts government staff• rids the government of Federalist

employees• Repeals the Judiciary Act of 1801 which

allowed Adams to make his “midnight appointments” of Federalist judges

• reduces the size of the armed forces

• Despite hopes that America would, remain agrarian, technological inventions began transforming America into an urban, industrialized society

• Believed in weak central government yet used his power to control judgeships, impeach federalist judge Samuel Chase, double the size of the nation through his purchase of the Louisiana Territory, and institutes the Embargo on American ships traveling to foreign ports.

Student – covered issues

• Conflict with the courts

• Second Great Awakening

• Expansion of the Nation

• Worldwide Industrialization

• The Indian “Problem.”

Toussiant L’Ouverture and the revolt in Santa Domingo inspired by

French Revolution

A self-educated slave with little military training, L’Ouverture drives Napoleon out

and establishes a republic• The Adams administration

had recognized L’Ourverture’s government .

• Jefferson assured the French that neither he nor the American people- especially those in the slave-holding states approved of a black revolutionary.

• What do you think he was so worried about?

The Burr Conspiracy- p. 203-4

• Essex Junto_ extreme Federalists who want to secede from the United States

• Northern Confederacy• Burr agrees to become the Fed. Candidate

for gov. of NY in 1804• Also rumors that he supported secessionist

movement• Burr loses election blames Hamilton

Burr challenges Hamilton to a duel flees NY for the west to avoid murder charge

Burr conspiracy

• Jefferson believes rumors that Burr wants to separate the southwest from the U.S and create a western empire.

• Burr led a group of armed followers down the Ohio River 1806

• Jefferson orders Burr arrested as a traitor• Chief Justice Marshall limited evidence and

defined the charge in such a way that the jury could only acquit him.

Importance of New Orleans as a port

War of 1812

• Fighting between Britain and France threaten American shipping

• Direct cause of war was British policy of impressment

• Officials in British Canada supplying Native Americans against western settlers

• Congressmen from south and west demand war

War of 1812

War of 1812

British burned the capital, the Presidential mansion and other public buildings

Maddy in full flight!

1815 - Battle of New Orleans- one of the few American victories –enter Andrew Jackson

who will be our 7th President in 1828

To what extent was the Jeffersonian Era 1800 – 1828 consistent with the vision of Thomas

Jefferson?

Prompt analysis

What is the question asking to do?

Is the time frame stated? Terms and concepts

that must be definedWithin the thesis

Database of information (ie: your grid for Ch. 7!) This is what your brain should look like while you are thinking –just like the Grid or a concept map!

Database of knowledge

Main topic

Industrial

No factories, cotton gin, cities

Still mostly a nation of farmers

size/strength

of govern.

+ Reduced the size of army,

- embargo, Louisiana purch

subtopics + Sec gr awake increas denom

Thesis: Have an opinion and support it! Pretend you are in a courtroom

Thesis : Overall, how consistent was the Jeffersonian Era with Jefferson’s stated goals?

Overall yes : Jefferson cut the size of the federal government, reduced army. Private education institutions grew. America remained largely agrarian What happened that countered that was largely outside of his control

Overall, no

Thesis

• Although Jefferson envisioned a small nation of sturdy, independent, virtuous farmers the America that emerged by 1828 was more industrialized and much larger than what Jefferson had originally intended.

• While the nation remained largely agrarian

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