Thomas Jefferson

• could write with both hands

• knew multiple languages

• Jefferson wrote constitution

• against working under higher power, of dictator

  • no kings

  • no president

  • anti federalist / dem rep

1. Political career

   • ambassador to France during constitutional convention, antifederalist teachings, gaining allies

   • thought president would become a tyrant, did not want one leader

   • secretary of state under Washington, most trusted ally and advisor

   • ran against John Adams because he thought he would become a dictator, lost

   • worked with sons of liberty

2. Election of 1800

   • ran against Adams for his second term

     • thought he betrayed by the affairs with XYZ and Alien Sedition Acts

   • 4 way tie, due to procedural error Jefferson wins

   • Aaron Burr VP, rarely agree with each other

     • ends with pistol duel/Hamilton

   • 12th amendment - no longer loser is vp

     • chosen vp

     • chosen dates

3. Jefferson Presidency (2 terms)

   • Louisiana Purchase

     • paid for 15 states, 1m each

   • Lewis and Clark Expedition, arts and sciences

   • Citizenship reform - 5 years

     • prior you had to live here for 15 years

   • library of congress

   • us military west point

   • fought Barbary pirates

   • no taxes from income money, vetoes

   • failures

     • did not end slavery

     • may have caused another crusades

     • Louisiana purchase - illegal

     • Sally Hemmings affair with slave

   • national debt reduction

     • only taxes goods

     • hurt American people longterm

   • Embargo Act - taxes goods not people

   • kicked natives

5. James Madison Presidency

   • close allies with Jefferson

   • popular person

   • Dolly Madison (wife) - named the first lady

   • successes

     • banned single religion

     • finished the white house

     • established trade

   • failures

     • no foreign countries take us serious

     • war of 1812

     • second national bank

       • govt bank, back you up

   • did not care about natives

6. James Monroe Presidency

   • last of revolutionary war presidents

   • 8 years of peace

   • era of good feelings

   • Monroe Doctrine

     • 1823 - anyone in new world that speaks spanish is our friend

     • if Europe touches south/central America - will atomically become allies with them

   • took Florida from Spain wo war

   • failures

     • Missouri Compromise

       • bullied spain to get florida

     • war with seminal

     • did not end slavery

Panic of 1819

• economic crash

• first great depression

• causes

  • banks did not check if Americans could actually pay their loans

• McCulloch v. Maryland states cannot tax federal govt

  • other way around

2nd Great Awakening -in Boston

• *Quakers come to northeastern u.s., ran into Puritans and Church of England

  • got along

  • realized that they dont act what they say

  • methodists pu, John Wesley

• make a mission to go to southern states

• tent revivals

  • write letters to govt to get rid of bad things in America

  • end slavery

• new political group - abolitionists

  • will send money to build path in south for freedom

  • to go to New England

  • Underground Railroad

Missouri Compromise

• people were very strong in what they believed in

• 22 state represents

  • 11 slave holding

    • want to leave America

  • 11 anti slave

• abolitionists ask president to help

• always become 50/50, need 60%

• Any new states/land - divide in half slavery no slavery

• 1820

  • Missouri - is ready to become a state, but pro slavery

  • Mass. makes Maine

    • adds to non slavery, making it 50 50 again m

• leads to Mexican American War

• owners want slaves to increase in population to have more votes/representation in the house of reps

• success ^: tried something to end it

• negative: did not actually end, made it worse