The Jefferson Presidency

AP US History

Jefferson in his own words On slavery: •  “There must doubtless be an unhappy influence on the

manners of our people produced by the existence of slavery among us. The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other…..”

•  "I wish the treatment of the native Americans was the only blot in our moral history, and that no other race had higher charges to bring against us. I am not apt to despair, yet I see not how we are to disengage ourselves from that deplorable entanglement. We have the wolf by the ear and feel the danger of either holding him or letting him loose….”

Monticello

University of Virginia

Election of 1800

Thomas Jefferson vs. John Adams Democratic Federalist

Republican “Revolution of 1800”

Peaceful transfer of power from one political party to another

ELECTION OF 1800 ELECTORAL COLLEGE

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Votes 73 73 65 64 1

Aaron Burr •  Meant to be Jefferson Vice-

President •  Challenges Jefferson for the

Presidency •  Election decided by the House of

Reps. •  Jefferson wins

Result •  12th Amendment •  Electoral College has TWO votes •  One vote for President •  One vote for Vice President

Louisiana Purchase

Haiti

Haitian Revolution

US purchases Louisiana Purchase from France for $15 Million

Jefferson’s Dilemma •  Jefferson believed in

strict construction of the Constitution (the President only had the powers listed in the Constitution)

•  Jefferson has no Constitutional power to purchase land

•  Jefferson turned to loose construction

Hamilton – Burr Duel

First Barbary War (1801-5)

Marine Hymn

From the halls of Montezuma, To the shores of Tripoli;

Impressment: kidnapping Americans to serve in the British navy