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The Jeffersonian Era

The Jeffersonian Era. Instructor: Carol Jean Cox. JEFFERSONIAN ERA 1800-1823. JEFFERSONIAN ERA 1800-1823. JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACY LIMITED CENTRAL GOVERNMENT/ PRO STATES RIGHTS JUDICIAL POWERS STRENGTHED TERRITORIAL EXPANSION INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES. JEFFERSONIAN ERA 1800-1823.

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The Jeffersonian Era

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  1. The Jeffersonian Era Instructor: Carol Jean Cox

  2. JEFFERSONIAN ERA 1800-1823

  3. JEFFERSONIAN ERA 1800-1823 • JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACY • LIMITED CENTRAL GOVERNMENT/ PRO STATES RIGHTS • JUDICIAL POWERS STRENGTHED • TERRITORIAL EXPANSION • INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES

  4. JEFFERSONIAN ERA 1800-1823 • JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACY • abandoned aristocratic democracy • favored democracy by the masses • faith in the common man • strict interpretation of constitution • favored a nation of farmers

  5. JEFFERSONIAN ERA 1800-1823 • JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACY • LIMITED CENTRAL GOVERNMENT/ PRO STATES RIGHTS • JUDICIAL POWERS STRENGTHED • TERRITORIAL EXPANSION • INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES

  6. JEFFERSONIAN ERA 1800-1823 • LIMITED CENTRAL GOVERNMENT /PRO STATES RIGHTS • Repealed Alien & Sedition Acts/Whiskey Tax • Local Government most important • County and state government emphasis • "transition to the Jacksonian" • Slashed Government Expenditures • military reduced • Army $4 to 2 million • Navy $3.5 to $1 million • reduced national debt (83 to 45 million) • Condemned Hamilton’s financial plan • yet incorporated U. S. bank

  7. JEFFERSONIAN ERA 1800-1823 • JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACY • LIMITED CENTRAL GOVERNMENT/ PRO STATES RIGHTS • JUDICIAL POWERS STRENGTHED • TERRITORIAL EXPANSION • INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES

  8. JEFFERSONIAN ERA • JUDICIAL POWERS STRENGTHENED • Judiciary Act of 1801 (Jefferson repealed) • Adams appointment of Federal Judges • Midnight appointment of Maybury • Judiciary Act of 1789 • Compelled court to deliver commissions • Madison vs. Maybury (1803) • Congress had no constitutional right to give federal courts the powers of Judicial Act • Chief Justice Marshall • concept of "Judicial Review" • right of Supreme Court to determine the validity of laws (constitutionality) • The courts had the power to nullify an act of Congress

  9. JEFFERSONIAN ERA 1800-1823 • JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACY • LIMITED CENTRAL GOVERNMENT/ PRO STATES RIGHTS • JUDICIAL POWERS STRENGTHED • TERRITORIAL EXPANSION • INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES

  10. JEFFERSONIAN ERA 1800-1823 • TERRITORIAL EXPANSION • France forced Spain to relinquish claims to North American interior • Louisiana Purchase 1803 $15 million • sold to US to fund Napoleon’s war effort • Mississippi to Rockies (6 Californias) • divided later into 13 states • Lewis & Clark 1803-1806 • Missouri to Columbia

  11. JEFFERSONIAN ERA 1800-1823 • TERRITORIAL EXPANSION

  12. JEFFERSONIAN ERA 1800-1823 • JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACY • LIMITED CENTRAL GOVERNMENT/ PRO STATES RIGHTS • JUDICIAL POWERS STRENGTHED • TERRITORIAL EXPANSION • INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES

  13. JEFFERSONIAN ERA 1800-1823 • INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES • 1. Barbary Wars 1801-1805 • $2 million to Barbary Pirates 1790-1800 • 2. European Cold War (French/English) • British - supreme at sea • French - controlled land • British - Orders in Council • all ships must port first in Britain. • French - Continental System • neutral vessels that observed • "orders in council" would be seized

  14. JEFFERSONIAN ERA 1800-1823 • INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES • 3. Economic War • a. Embargo Act of 1807 - • all imports/exports prohibited • American farmers/merchants suffered • 1808 Embargo repealed • b. Non-intercourse Act - • trade with all countries • except France & Britain would resume • trade with country willing to respect • American shipping

  15. JEFFERSONIAN ERA 1800-1823 • INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES • 3. Economic War • c. Macon's Bill No. 2 • opened trade with England/France - • as soon as one agreed to American terms . . . America would cut off trade with other French were first- Madison declared an end to trade with Britain

  16. JEFFERSONIAN ERA 1800-1823 • INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES • d. War of 1812 "Mr. Madison's War" • 1. fought to defend the rights of American shipping on the high seas • 2. fought to wipe out Indian Base in Canada • Federalists & N.E. merchants against war • War Hawks - young Republican congressmen nationalistic & outraged at "British indignities" resented aid of British to N.W. Territory Indians War Hawks saw opportunity to take Canada with few British troops in N.A. because of wars in Europe Clay & Calhoun

  17. JEFFERSONIAN ERA 1800-1823 • War of 1812

  18. JEFFERSONIAN ERA 1800-1823 • INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES • d. War of 1812 • Highlights of the war • 1. British invade New York • 2. Battle of Lake Champlain • 3. Burning of the White House - August 1813 • 4. Battle of New Orleans 1814 • 5. Treaty of Ghent relationships same as before war • Napoleon - defeated • Andrew Jackson emerges a hero • Jackson defeated Army that defeated Napoleon • 2,000 American vs. 8,000 British

  19. JEFFERSONIAN ERA 1800-1823 • JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACY • LIMITED CENTRAL GOVERNMENT/ PRO STATES RIGHTS • JUDICIAL POWERS STRENGTHED • TERRITORIAL EXPANSION • INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES

  20. The Jeffersonian Era Instructor: Carol Jean Cox

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