Presidency of
Thomas Jefferson
3. Thomas Jefferson
• President from 1801 to 1809
• Vice Presidents: Aaron Burr (1801-1805),
George Clinton (1805-1809)
• Political Party: Democratic-Republican
• From Virginia
• Profession: Plantation Owner, Lawyer,
Statesman
• Primary writer of the Declaration of
Independence. Served as the first Secretary of
State under George Washington and VicePresident under John Adams.
Louisiana Purchase (1803)
1803
Bought from
France
Cost $15 million
Doubled the size
of the United States
at that time.
I know the
Constitution doesn’t
say that the President
can buy land…but it’s
such a good deal!
Lewis and Clark
1804 to 1806
Cpt. Meriwether Lewis and
Lt. William Clark are sent by
Jefferson to explore the
newly bought Louisiana
Territory and reach the
Pacific Ocean.
A Native American woman
named Sacagawea acted as
a guide and translator for
Lewis and Clark.
Aaron Burr’s Duel with Alexander Hamilton
1804 Election
Thomas
Jefferson
(DR)
vs.
Charles
Pinckney
(Fed.)
Embargo Act (1807)
Embargo: an official ban
on trade with another
country.
Jefferson’s Embargo Act
backfired. American trade
suffered greatly while
Britain and France were
barely hurt by the
embargo.
Based on this chart what did the
Embargo Act do to the value of
American imports and exports?
Assignment: Louisiana Purchase Map
Label and color the
following on your
map:
•The United States
•Louisiana
Purchase
•Oregon Country
•Spanish Territory
Note that this map shows the locations of
future states that did not exist yet.