Thomas JeffersonAmerica’s Third President

Presidential StyleSimple governmentInformal

National AdministrationChose Cabinet

Members who agreed with him

Reduced the size of the Army and halted expansion of the navy

Eliminated all internal taxes

Judicial ChangesChanged period of

naturalization from 14 back to 5 years

Pardoned Americans

Marbury v. Madison and Judicial Review

Westward Expansion

Vermont, Tennessee and Kentucky become states

Westward ExpansionLouisiana

Purchase◦Bought from

Napoleon in 1803 for $15 million dollars

Napoleon lost the French West Indies and therefore didn’t want the Louisiana Territory

Westward ExpansionMeriwether Lewis

and William Clark were hired to explore the territory◦* Led by Sacajawea

◦* Recorded soil, climate, vegetation & minerals

Lewis and Clark Expedition