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Chapter 11: The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic (Thomas…
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War Hawks
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War of 1812
Tecumseh and the Prophet
Twelfth Congress: met in 1811; the "war hawks" wanted to go to war with the British and wanted to eliminate the Indian threats to pioneers.
Tecumseh & Tenskwatawa: Shawnee brothers who unified many Indian tribes in a last-ditch battle with the settlers; allied with the British.
William Henry Harrison: governor of the Indiana territory; defeated the Shawnee at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
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Facts of the War
Andrew Jackson became a hero at the Battle of New Orleans, which ironically was fought in 1815 after...
The Treaty of Ghent was signed in 1814, which ended the war with no land changes
Old Ironsides, the USS Constitution, fought legendary naval battles
Washington DC, including the White House( then called the Executive Mansion or Palace), was burned by British.
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President James Madison favored a conscription act(draft), but troops were not drafted into this war.
Results of the War
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Increased nationalism. While watching a bombardment in Baltimore harbor in 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote his poem, Defense of Fort M'Henry, that eventually became the US National Anthem.
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"Louisiana Purchase"
By this purchase, America was able to avoid a possible conflict with France and by complicating relationships by having alliances with England.
America was able to have access to western half of the richest river valley in the world and foundations of future major power.
TJ sends his personal secretary, Lewis and Clark to explore the north part of Louisiana purchase.
- Inaugurated 1801 in Washington
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1) Napoleon had failed in his efforts to reconquer the sugar-rich island of Santo Domingo (Haiti); Louisiana was to serve as a source of foodstuffs
2) Napoleon was about to end the lull in his deadly conflict with Britain. (because Britain controlled the sea he was afraid that they would ask for the Louisiana, so he decided to sell the land to America. He thought it would be better rather than driving America into Britain.
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- compared to 1776, it was a peaceful and orderly transfer of power on the basis of an election whose results all parties accepted
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- despite being attacked by feds for the things he did (having slave children) and many of his characteristics, Jeff won by majority vote 73 to 65
- feds blew their chances when Adams cancelled the war with France
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- mostly thanks to Burr's influence and the 3/5ths compromise bringing in more votes
- Jeff & Burr were tied and the House of Representatives were left to break the tie
- Restore republican experiment
- Check growth of government power
- Halt the decay of virtue that came in under fed rule
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- classic statement of principles of democracy
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- Must be reasonable, minority will have equal rights which must be protected which if violated would be considered oppression
- "We are all republicans and federalists"
- Honest friendship with all nations but alliances with none
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- had a simple and frugal Jeffersonian Republican atmosphere compared to Philadelphia's elegant Federalist atmosphere
- was an "arresting figure" sophisticated aristocrat that spent 5 years as US Minister to France (1784 - 1789), yet never lost touch with the common man
- always walked instead of taking carriage
- established seating without regard to ranks at official dinners
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- served others at dinner parties
- received callers in dressing gown and slippers
- started precedent of sending messages to congress by messenger
- mostly because of his weak voice
- this is what Jeff called the election of 1800 compared to the election of 1776
- represented a return to the original spirit of the revolution that Hamilton and Adams had betrayed
- seeing that Adams was the last federalist president, the federalist party disappeared
- remarkable achievement for such a young country
- Americans could take pride in the vigor of their experiment in democracy
Marshall was destined to serve on the Supreme Court for thirty-four years and deeply modeled constitutional law.
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-For 2.5 years Lewis and Clark gained a lot of knowledge about the geographical region, Indians in the region and adventure stories.
Except for excising the excise tax, the Jeffersonians left the Hamiltonian framework.
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The act reduced the unreasonable requirement of fourteen years of residence to the previous and more reasonable requirement of five year.
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In the view of the farm-loving Jefferson, investing in military had little point and was costly.
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Tripoli dissatisfied with his share of protection money, informally declared war on the U.S.
Bargain price of only $60,000- a sum representing ransom payments for captured Americans.
Small gunboats, which the Navy had used with some success in the Tripolian War, fascinated Jefferson.
President Adams remained at his desk until nine o'clock in the evening of his last day in office, signing the commission of the federalists "Midnight Judges."
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