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Ch.11, Sec.1- Jefferson as President Jefferson in Office • Jefferson lowered military spending, reducing the size of the army to about 3,200 troops. The navy was cut to 7 active ships. Jefferson and Albert Gallatin, the secretary of the treasury, hoped that the money saved would allow the government to repay the national debt. Jefferson also asked Gallatin to find ways to get rid of domestic taxes, like the tax on whiskey. Marbury v. Madison • Early in 1801, before Jefferson took office, Federalists in Congress passed a new law that created many new judgeships and other court offices. Before his term ended, President John Adams had appointed dozens of Federalists to fill these positions. Jefferson accused Adams of filling these positions “till 9 o’clock of the night, at 12 o’clock of which he was to go out of office. Other Republicans called the people chosen by Adams midnight judges. • When Jefferson entered office on March 4, 1801, some Federalists chosen by Adams had not yet received their special commissions. Without these forms they could not begin working as judges. Jefferson took advantage of this and ordered Secretary of State James Madison not to give out the papers. Marbury v. Madison cont. • William Marbury demanded that the Supreme Court force the executive branch to hand over his commission. This had never been done before, but he claimed the Judiciary Act of 1789 gave the Supreme Court the right to do so. • The chief justice of the U.S. was John Marshall, a Federalist appointed by Adams. Since Marshall and Jefferson disagreed on many political issues, Jefferson protested Marshall hearing the case. • The Supreme Court’s decision in Marbury v. Madison surprised many people. All the justices agreed that Marbury had been treated unfairly, but did the Supreme Court have the power to force Madison to give Marbury his commission? The Judiciary Act of 1789 said the Court did, but Chief Justice Marshall said the Court did not. Marbury v. Madison cont. • He did not think that the Constitution allowed Congress to give the Supreme Court new powers. He believed the Judiciary Act of 1789 was unconstitutional and had wrongly given the Court that power. Therefore, the Supreme Court did not have the power to force the federal government to give Marbury his commission. • Marshall’s ruling established the power of judicial review, which allows the Supreme Court to declare an act of Congress to be unconstitutional. Sec.2- The Louisiana Purchase French Louisiana • Napoleon Bonaparte dreamed of rebuilding France’s empire in North America. He wanted to first send troops to Louisiana. Standing in the way of his plan was the former French colony of St. Dominique (Haiti). Enslaved Africans had gained their freedom by taking over the colony in the 1790s, and former slave ToussaintLouverture ruled the island. Before sending troops to Louisiana, Napoleon needed to take back the island to use as a supply base. However, Toussaint’s troops defeated the French forces sent to recapture St. Dominique in 1802, which kept Napoleon from sending troops to Louisiana. The Louisiana Purchase • President Jefferson wanted to keep the French from controlling New Orleans, but he did not want to start a war. Jefferson told Robert Livingston and James Monroe to try to buy New Orleans and West Florida. They met with Talleyrand, the French foreign minister, to discuss the offer. Talleyrand said that without New Orleans, the rest of Louisiana would be of little value to France. Then he asked what the U.S. would “give for the whole”. This shocked the Americans. • The reasons Napoleon was willing to sell Louisiana were: 1. France was about to go to war with Great Britain and they did not want to fight them and the Americans at once, 2. The French had no troops in Louisiana and needed supplies for the armies in Europe, 3. If the U.S. owned Louisiana, it could challenge Britain’s power in North America. The Louisiana Purchase cont. • Livingston and Monroe wanted to act quickly, but Congress only authorized them to offer $10 million and the French wanted $15 million. They signed a treaty of purchase on May 2, 1803. Jefferson did not believe the Constitution allowed him to buy the territory, but Livingston and Monroe feared they might take back their offer, so they pushed him to act quickly. He agreed to the purchase on October 20, 1803, and the Senate approved, saying it was best for the country. The Louisiana Purchase almost doubled the size of the U.S., stretching west from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. Mission of Discovery • Jefferson wanted to learn more about the people, land and rivers of the West, and wanted to see if their was a river route that could be taken to the Pacific Ocean. In January 1803, the president asked Congress to fund a small western expedition, and he chose Meriwether Lewis to lead it. Lewis chose William Clark to be the co-leader. Jefferson wanted them to explore the Missouri River and form peaceful relations with American Indians they met. The Lewis and Clark Expedition • They set out from St. Louis. Lewis used interpreters to tell them the U.S. now owned the land on which the Indians lived. Sacagawea’s husband offered to guide the expedition across the Great Plains. Lewis and Clark kept journals describing the people, places, and animals they encountered. They ended their journey in St. Louis in September 1806. They did not find a river route to the Pacific Ocean, but they established contact with many American Indian groups. They also collected many plants and animals. Pike’s Exploration • Zebulon Pike was ordered to find the starting point of the Red River in Louisiana and Texas. The U.S. considered it to be a part of the Louisiana Purchase. Although he went into Spanish held lands, he continued exploring. He followed the river until a Spanish cavalry arrested him. They believed he was a spy and put him in jail. When he was released, he returned to the U.S. and reported on his trip. Sec.3- The Coming of War A Trade War • The practice of pressing, or forcing, people to serve in the army or navy was called impressment. Sometimes U.S. citizens suffered impressment by accident. • This was a violation of U.S. neutrality, leading some Americans to want to go to war, and some to favor an embargo, or the banning of trade, against Britain. • Jefferson and the Republicans favored an embargo, so Congress passed the Embargo Act in December 1807, which banned trade with foreign countries. Congress hoped to punish Britain and France and to protect American ships from capture, but instead it hurt American merchants the most. Without trade, they lost a lot of money, especially in the New England states and New York. A Trade War cont. • The popularity of the Federalist Party rose, and Jefferson’s support fell as the embargo continued. By December 1808 Jefferson had received 199 petitions asking him to repeal the Embargo Act. The act was having little effect on Britain and France, and American merchants were smuggling goods to Europe. • Congress replaced the unpopular law with the NonIntercourse Act in 1809, which banned trade only with Britain, France, and their colonies. It also stated that the U.S. would start trading with the first side that stopped violating U.S. neutrality. The Rise of Tecumseh • In the early 1800s, thousands of American settlers were entering the Northwest Territory. The U.S. had gained control of this land through the Treaty of Greenville, but most of the Indians were upset because they had not agreed to this treaty. The British government gave military aid to American Indian nations in the Northwest Territory. • Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief, hoped to unite the American Indians of the Northwest Territory, the South, and the eastern Mississippi Valley. War on the Frontier • William Henry Harrison, the governor of the Indiana Territory, believed that Tecumseh was a serious threat to American power. Tecumseh met with Harrison in 1810, which the governor urged Tecumseh to follow the treaties that had been signed. Tecumseh told him that no single chief could sell land belonging to all American Indians. In response, Harrison warned Tecumseh not to resist the U.S. • Tecumseh then traveled south to ask the Creeks to join his forces. While he was gone, Harrison attacked. The Battle of Tippecanoe began when Prophet, Tecumseh’s brother, ordered an attack on Harrison’s camp on November 7, 1811. Harrison’s soldiers forced the American Indian forces to retreat and destroyed Tecumseh’s village, leading to Tecumseh losing most of his support. The War Debate • Many Americans believed that Britain had encouraged Tecumseh to attack settlers in the West. The War Hawks were members of Congress who favored war against Great Britain. A Declaration of War • When James Madison was president, he faced a lot of pressure to go to war with Great Britain from the War Hawks. He decided to let Congress decide. Representatives in southern and western states voted for war. Even though representatives of Delaware, the New England states, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania votes for peace, the War Hawks won. This was the first time in U.S. history Congress declared war. Sec.4- The War of 1812 The War at Sea • When the War of 1812 began, the British navy had hundreds of ships stationed around the world that could not be called away to fight the U.S. The U.S. Navy had fewer than 20, but they had privateers and well-trained sailors. Plus the U.S. had new warships like the Constitution that carried more cannons than the British ships. These victories raised American morale and led the British to bring more ships to the American coast. The forces were too large for the U.S. forces to fight, and they began capturing American merchant ships and blockaded American seaports. The Canadian Border • American leaders planned to invade Canada with 3 separate armies. In July 1812, the British joined with American Indians led by Tecumseh to defeat an American army and capture Fort Detroit. • In April 1813 U.S. troops burned the Canadian capital, York. The Battle of Lake Erie soon followed on September 10, 1813. The battle lasted more than 3 hours, and both sides suffered heavy casualties, but the British surrendered. The American in charge at this battle was Captain Oliver Hazard Perry. The Frontier War • In the Battle of the Thames in October 1813, Harrison ordered a cavalry charge into the British forces, breaking them apart. The Indians, led by Tecumseh, continued to fight. After Tecumseh was killed, the Indians surrendered shortly after. This battle secured the U.S. border with Canada. • The Creek Indians, led by Chief Red Eagle, destroyed Fort Mims in present-day Alabama, killing 250 of the fort’s defenders. Andrew Jackson then led his forces to fight the Creek. • The Battle of Horseshoe Bend led Red Eagle to surrender to Jackson. This ended the Creek War and led to a treaty that forced the Creek to give up millions of acres of land. The British on the Offensive • Having defeated France in April 1814, the British sent more troops to America. The British then wanted to attack the capital. Madison and most of the cabinet had to leave the capital, and the British set the White House and other government buildings on fire. They said they burned our capital since we burned York, the British capital of Canada. • The British then sailed to Baltimore, Maryland, which was guarded by Fort McHenry. The British attacked the fort for 25 hours, but the Americans refused to surrender, leading to the British retreating. The Battle of New Orleans • Andrew Jackson was in command of the U.S. forces around New Orleans. British troops came to within 7 miles of the city, and Jackson ordered his troops to make a stand. They constructed a wall of dirt and logs and waited on the British to attack. • The Battle of New Orleans began on January 8, 1815. 5,300 British troops attacked 4,500 American troops. The British troops marched toward the city in thick fog. As they arrived near the city, the fog cleared, and they were in the open and being fired on heavily. By the time the battle ended, more than 2,000 British soldiers were killed or wounded versus the Americans 70. Ending the War • The Treaty of Ghent was signed in Belgium on December 24, 1814, before the Battle of New Orleans. After months of negotiations, both sides agreed to end the war and return the territory each had conquered.