THE JEFFERSONIAN ERA

Thomas Jefferson's Vision for America

• agrarian republic based largely on subsistence farming
• meritocracy
• strict interpretation of the Constitution(Or was it?)
• universal military obligation

Setting a New Course

• neutralization of the Alien and Sedition Acts
• federal government spending cuts
• reduction in the size of the army
  • use of the army for exploration
• universal military obligation

*Marbury v. Madison

• William Marbury
• John Marshall
• judicial review

*Louisiana Purchase

• sold by Napoleon
• explored by
  • *Lewis and Clark expedition(1804-6)
    • 50 in the expedition
    • traveled from St. Louis to the Pacific coast
  • Zebulon Pike
    • 1805 expedition up the Mississippi River
    • 1805-7 expedition to the Rocky Mountains

*Tecumseh

*Barbary Pirates

*War of 1812

• Causes
  • certain Britain transgressions against the U.S.
    • seizures of U.S. shipping
      • Embargo Act(1807)
      • Non-Intercourse Act(1809)
    • *impressment of U.S. sailors
    • British troops in the western U.S.
  • War Hawks' territorial ambitions
  • Republicans' desire to vindicate U.S. sovereignty
• Theaters of Conflict
  • U.S.-Canadian border
  • Atlantic coast
  • Gulf of Mexico coast
  • Atlantic Ocean
• Highlights
  • Battle of Horseshoe Bend(March 1814)
  • British incursion into the Chesapeake Bay
    • burning of Washington(August 1814)
    • defense of *Fort McHenry(September 1814)
      • "Star-Spangled Banner"
        • Francis Scott Key
  • *Treaty of Ghent(1814)
  • *Hartford Convention(Dec. 1814-Jan. 1815)
  • *Battle of New Orleans(January 1815)
• Results of the War
  • respect of other nations
  • facilitation of westward expansion beyond the Appalachians
  • rise of war heroes
    • Andrew Jackson
    • William Henry Harrison

Post-War of 1812 Diplomacy

• *Transcontinental Treaty(1819) - resolution of boundary disputes with Spain
• Anglo-American Rapprochement
  • *Rush-Bagot Agreement(1817)
  • 49th Parallel(1818)
• *Monroe Doctrine(1823)