Jefferson Takes Power1800

Election of 1800

Federalist- Adams

Anti-Federalist = Jefferson and Burr

When the electoral college voted each Anti-Federalist had 73 votes…... a tie. It was up to the House of Reps to decide. The House voted 35 times and each time they tied. Finally Jefferson won by a small margin. It was after this that the 12th Amendment was passed, electors to vote for Pres. And Vice Pres. separately.

The Louisiana Purchase

In 1801 Spain signed a treaty with France that gave back to them the Louisiana Territory. The treaty gave control of New Orleans to France. Jefferson recognized the importance of this city and wanted America to have access to it.

Jefferson sent an ambassador to France to work out the details. To the ambassador’s surprise France offered to sell the territory to them. He offered to buy the huge track of land for $15 million.

The Problem….

The Constitution did not contain language that allowed for the Pres. to acquire land. In other words, he had to authority to purchase territory.

Jefferson finally decided that the Pres. power to make treaties with foreign nations could be manipulated to work in this case.

MAP ACTIVITY…..YA!

Label the following on your map

Pacific Ocean

Rocky Mountains

New Orleans

Mississippi River

Missouri River

Columbia River

Oregon Country

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Outline the area of the Louisiana Purchase and label it.

Color that area RED ( or something similar)

Areas belonging to Spain

Areas belonging to the British

Lewis and Clark

On February 28, 1803, President Thomas Jefferson won approval from Congress for a visionary project, an endeavor that would become one of America’s greatest stories of adventure.

The Lewis and Clark expedition was the result of Jefferson’s interest in learning about the lands acquired in the LA purchase. Jefferson hoped to establish political boundaries and develop the area economically.

Jefferson hired Meriwether Lewis, his personal secretary and a man familiar with the frontier to lead the Corp of Discovery. Lewis in turn hired his friend William Clark to join him. 26 men signed on with them.

The explorers set off from St. Lewis, traveling up the Missouri River in boats. They followed the river through what is today North and South Dakota and carried canoes around the Great Falls of the Missouri. After a difficult crossing of the Rocky Mts, they traveled by river to the Pacific Ocean.

TRUE & FALSE

At the time Thomas Jefferson was living…

1.there were woolly mammoths roaming the West.

2. there was a tribe of blue-eyed Indians living in the West who spoke Welsh, the language of people from Wales, a region on the west coast of the island of Great Britain.

3. there was a river or series of connected rivers, starting at the Mississippi, that crossed the western mountains and reached the Pacific Ocean.

4. the Blue Ridge Mountains were taller than the Rocky Mountains. 5. the West had many erupting volcanoes.

6. unicorns could be found in the West.

7. there were mountains in the West made of undissolved salt.

8. some beavers in the West were seven feet tall.

9. buffaloes were friendly and had slim waists.

10. Peruvian llamas roamed the West.

By the time the expedition returned 2 years later the group had traveled over 6000 miles.

The Corp of Discovery brought back valuable information about the West. They created maps of the region and kept detailed journals of their expedition. They worked to establish relationships with the Native American they encountered. Most importantly their expedition opened the way for settlers to move west.

General Facts

$2500 appropriated for the trip

Camp Supplies:

150 yards of cloth to be oiled and sewn into tents and sheets handsaws hatchets whetstones iron corn mill two dozen tablespoons mosquito curtains 10 1/2 pounds of fishing hooks and fishing lines 12 pounds of soap 193 pounds of "portable soup" (a thick paste concocted by boiling down beef, eggs and vegetables)

Presents for Indians:

12 dozen pocket mirrors 4,600 sewing needles 144 small scissors 10 pounds of sewing thread silk ribbons ivory combs handkerchiefs yards of bright-colored cloth 130 rolls of tobacco tomahawks that doubled as pipes 288 knives 8 brass kettles vermilion face paint 33 pounds of tiny beads of assorted colors

Clothing:

45 flannel shirts coats frocks shoes woolen pants blankets knapsacks

Arms and Ammunition: 15 prototype Model 1803 muzzle-loading .54 caliber rifles knives 500 rifle flints 420 pounds of sheet lead for bullets 176 pounds of gunpowder packed in 52 lead canisters 1 long-barreled rifle that fired its bullet with compressed air, rather than by flint, spark and powder

Medicine and Medical Supplies:

50 dozen Dr. Rush’s patented "Rush’s pills" lancets forceps syringes tourniquets 1,300 doses of physic 1,100 hundred doses of emetic 3,500 doses of diaphoretic (sweat inducer) other drugs for blistering, salivation and increased kidney output

Assignment

How do historians gather information?

What is a historians job?

What if all the pieces are not there?

You will assume a historian’s role and report on events that occurred during the Lewis and Clark expedition.

You will review journal entries, important primary documents that offer great insight into the expedition, and document your findings and thoughts on the activity sheets.

You will be working in assigned groups. Each person must keep their

own record of what was discovered. Hint: you will be using this information later……