1800
TJ wins election
First elections where candidate's campaign
Tie between burr and TJ --> house gives it to TJ
First big slice uprising
Aaron burr
Hated Hamilton
12th amendment
Involves electoral college
Americans want more....
Democratic politics and freedom
Thomas Jefferson was obviously....
Racist
Gabriel's revellion
Slave uprising for freedom
Stopped before it began
Led to stricter laws on slaves meeting together and whites freeing slaves
George tucker
argued we create a colony for them in Georgia
TJ loved...
Agrarian policy, small government, smaller military, and lower taxes
Jefferson was annoyed by the
Supreme Court
John Marshall
Supreme Court justice
Marbury vs Madison
Allows court to uphold/invalidate federal laws
TJ supported
Strict construction; literal interpretation of constitution
Louisiana purchase
Napoleon sold Louisiana for $15 mil
Awesome deal
can president purchase land? A lil unconstitutional
Lewis and Clark explore land to pacific
Doubled size of US --> more land for farming
Embargo
Punish Britain for blockading France and oppressing American sailors
Forbid ships from sailing to foreign ports
Failure
Hurt US economy BC lack of exports
Angered manufacturers because they wanted Euro goods
Lead to war of 1812
Embargo decreased
Agrarian ideals
TJ mainly drafted
Declaration of Independence
TJ...
Enlarged federal power
