Thomas Jefferson
War of 1812
Chapters 11 and 12
Election of 1800
•  Fed- John Adams
–  65 votes
•  RepublicanJefferson
–  73 votes
•  Aaron Burr- VP
–  73 votes
•  Tie- Vote went to
the House
–  -voted 35 times
•  Jefferson and Burr
12th Amendment
•  Electors cast separate ballots for
Pres. and VP
Adams
Before leaving office
•  Judiciary Act 1801
–  Reduced number on
SC from 9 to 5
•  Midnight Judges
•  John Marshall
–  Chief Justice
Thomas Jefferson
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Monticello- Virginia
Inauguration - DC
Laissez- Faire
Measures passed:
–  Madison- Sec. of State
–  Gallatin- Sec. of
Treasury
–  Pardoned menSedition Act
–  Alien Act- back to 5
years
–  Refused Midnight
appointments
-Repealed Judiciary act
of 1801
Marbury V. Madison
•  Marbury- A midnight
appointment
•  Madison- Refused to
deliver letter
•  Supreme Court
declared the Judiciary
act of 1789 to be
unconstitutional
•  Set up precedent of
Judicial Review
Barbary Coast
•  Barbary Coast
Pirates demanded:
•  Tribute- annual
sum of $ paid or
risk capture of
merchant ships
Election 1804
•  Rep. - Jefferson ****
•  Fed. - Charles Pickney
•  VP- George Clinton
(replaced Aaron Burr)
Aaron Burr
•  Approached by
Federalists
•  Scheme to become
Governor of NY
•  Hamilton exposed the
scheme
•  Duel fought- Hamilton
Killed
•  Burr heads west
•  Tries to conquer Spain
in the SWs
Louisiana Purchase
1803
•  Began- Needed the
port of New Orleans
(France had got New
Orleans in a secret
agreement with Spain)
•  Napoleon needed the $
•  Also, did not want
France to be so close
•  Sent Monroe and
Livingston to buy
Louisiana, ended up
buying the whole
territory!!!!
Louisiana Purchase
•  Jefferson became a
“loose constructionist”
with this purchase.
•  He was unsure of the
Constitution allowed
him to negotiate a
treaty that took in new
land.
•  Jefferson still thought
the purchase was
unconstitutional.
Lewis and Clark
•  Explored the
territory
•  Sacajewea-guide
•  Gathered
information
–  What kind of
information?
General William
Henry Harrison
•  Territorial
Governor of OhioIndiana
•  Tricked tribal
Chiefs into signing
away 3 million
acres of land
Tecumseh
•  Shawnee Indian
•  Asserted that no
tribe could sell its
land unless all
tribes consented
•  Goal:
–  Unite all Indians
east of Mississippi
–  Revitalize culture
Battle of Tippecanoe
•  General Harrison
•  Native Americans
in Indiana
•  U.S. army
crushed the
Indian rebellion
Laws Against Neutral
Nations
•  Orders in Council
•  Continental System
•  British law
•  Prohibited neutral
nations from
trading with France
or its allies
•  French law
•  Prohibited neutral
nations from
trading with Britain
or its allies
Impressment
•  The forcing of
U.S.sailors to serve
in the British navy
Embargo
•  Complete halt to
trade
•  Jefferson passed
an embargo in
response to Britain
and France’s laws
against neutral
shipping
Chesapeake Incident
•  US Frigate cruising in international waters was
attacked by the British warship, the Leopard
•  War Hawks- John Calhoun and Henry Clay
Election 1808
•  Madison (Rep)
•  Charles Pickney (Fed)
•  Madison Won
Nonintercourse Act
U.S. law
•  Prohibited trade with Britain and
France so long as they continued to
enforce their orders against neutral
shipping
•  Napoleon lifts the Continental
System
•  The U.S. declares war on Britaineven though they repealed the
Orders in Council
Chapter 12
(thru page 240)
• War of 1812
1812- Madison was in his
second term as President
•  Close vote for war!
•  New England was
against the war!
•  Our military was
weak!!
•  No effective
strategy!
Thames (1813)
•  General Harrison led the U.S. army
•  Tecumseh died at this battle
•  British/Indian alliance officially ends
at this battle
Attack on D.C.
•  President Madison
was on the
battlefront
•  Dolly Madison had
to flee for her life!
•  British burned
most of the city
Fort McHenry-Baltimore
•  Where the
Americans kept the
British from taking
Baltimore
•  Francis Scott Key
wrote the Star
Spangled Banner
Battle of New Orleans
•  Andrew Jackson
•  Last battle of the
war
•  Most devastating
defeat of the
British
•  Unleashed a wave
of nationalism and
self-confidence in
Americans
Treaty of Ghent
Signed Dec. 24, 1814
•  Signed two weeks
before the battle of
New Orleans
•  Restored pre-war
conditions
Effects of the War of 1812
•  U.S. manufacturing grew
•  Defeat of Indians opened up new
territory
•  Andrew Jackson- war hero
•  Psychological benefit-held our own
•  Patriotic nationalism increased
•  Sectionalism became prominent
Thomas Jefferson
Died July 4, 1826
•  Wanted to be
remembered for…
–  Author of
Declaration of
Independence
–  Author of statute for
religious freedom in
Virginia
–  Father of the
University of
Virginia