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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