Louisiana Purchase under Jefferson

• Double the size of the us

Balance of power between slave and free states

Federalist opposition

• used “strict construction” the president did not have the power to purchase Louisiana

• Why? It would cost too much and cause the U.S. debt to soar. IRONY!!

Problems with Britain and France

• Napoleonic Wars

• British Impressment

Mnemonic Device

• Jefferson was at the HELM

  • Hamilton’s plan

  • Embargo act

  • Louisiana purchase

  • Marbury vs. Madison

Embargo Act

• forbade the export of all goods from the US to any destination

• Inadvertently sparked American Industrialization

Madison

• Virginia Dynasty

• Macons Bill No 2

• War hawks

• Battle of Tippecanoe

• Invade Canada