Download The Age of Jefferson, 1800-1816

The Capitol Building c.1800
1800 Election Results
(16 states in the Union)
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
DemocraticRepublican
73
52.9%
Aaron Burr
New York
DemocraticRepublican
73
52.9%
John Adams
Massachusetts
Federalist
65
47.1%
Charles Pinckney
South Carolina
Federalist
64
46.4%
John Jay
New York
Federalist
1
0.7%
Total Number of Electors
138
Total Electoral Votes Cast
276
Number of Votes for a
Majority
70
1800 Election Results
Adams
Jefferson
1800 Election Results
(Into the House of Representatives!!)
 1 vote for each State 
Thomas
Jefferson
Virginia
DemocraticRepublican
10
62.5%
Aaron Burr
New
York
DemocraticRepublican
4
25.0%
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12.5%
Jeffersonian Philosophy
Strict interpretation of
Constitution=weak central gov’t
Small gov’t and less taxes
Agricultural (farming) society
Sided with the French
First Inaugural Address
Essential Principles of Government
“equal and exact justice to all men”
“peace, commerce, and honest friendship with
all nations”
“the support of state governments”
“the preservation of general government”
punishment for those who choose to revolt
compliance with the decisions of the majority
Louisiana Purchase
France secretly acquired territory in
1800
Napoleon willing to sell for war $
Madison was sent to buy New Orleansjust the port!
Bought the whole territory for $15
million (524,800,000 acres)
Purchasing land not mentioned in
Constitution…
United streaming- 2 minutes
The Louisiana Purchase
Which nations might be concerned
by U.S. encroachment?
Lewis and Clark lead the
Corps of Discovery
Into the Unknown…
Lewis and Clark Expedition
January 18, 1803
Jefferson asks
Congress for funds to
explore the land west
of the Mississippi
His goal is to find a
water route to the
Pacific
May 1804
Meriwether Lewis and
William Clark depart
on the expedition
Lewis and Clark Expedition
January 18, 1803
Jefferson sends a secret
message to congress
regarding the Lewis
and Clark Expedition
In this message
Jefferson asks for
permission to establish
trading with the
Indians
Second Inaugural Address
Delivered on March 4, 1805
Stresses the importance of American
neutrality in matters of foreign affairs
Outlines the Louisiana Purchase and the
processes by which the original inhabitants
of the land will become citizens of the
United States
Stresses the importance of harmony
amongst all inhabitants of America
Neutral Rights, Impressment,
Embargo
Jefferson cut the size of the
military by more than half
French and British both threaten
US ships on high seas
British impress (take prisoner)
American citizens (ChesapeakeLeonard Affair)
Jefferson decides to stop all trade
with the Embargo Act
The Embargo Act 1807
The Embargo Act 1807
No foreign trade at all
Economic slump begins
Embargo-runners emerge
Not good for the republican party
“John Bull Taking A Lunch”
James and Dolley Madison
James Madison
Jefferson’s Secretary of State
Most intelligent of Founding
Fathers
“Father of the Constitution”
Won 1808 and 1812 elections
History.com- James Madison