Jefferson Administration
Changed the way the Government was run
Federalist feared major changes
Casual Attitude
Initiated Laissez-Faire
Conflict with the Judicial BranchWrit of Mandamus
Article 13 - Judiciary Act 1789
Original Jurisdiction v. Appellate Jurisdiction
Judicial Review / Unconstitutional
Jefferson Foreign Policy
Barbary Coast --
Pirates of the Mediterranean
(Tunisia, Tripoli, Algeria)
Demanded Tribute
USS Philadelphia run aground
Stephen Decatur -- captured city
Tribute Removed
Louisiana Purchase
Spain sold Louisiana to France
Voided Pinckneys Treaty Right of Deposit
Robert Livingston and James Monroe sent to France for new Treaty
Napoleon sold all for $15 million
Why? Napoleon needed money
Citizen Toussaint Great Slave Revolt
Problem: The $15 Million was given without the consent of Congress.
How does this fit with Jeffersons interpretation of the Constitution?
Embargo Act of 1807
Britain and France at War
US exporting to both Countries
US ships were seized by both Countries
Impressment
British sailors jumped ship for America.
USS Chesapeake v. HMS Leopard
21 Americans Killed
Fearing war Jefferson Passed the Embargo Act
Very unpopular with US merchants
Created black market
Repealed 1809
Jeffersons Domestic Policy
1. Problems with the V.P. Aaron Burr
High Federalist try to get Burr to run for Governor of New York (while VP)
Hamilton discovers plan and tells Jefferson.
Hamilton declares Burr Unfit for Public Office
In Anger - Burr challenges Hamilton to Duel
July 11, 1804 - Burr kills Hamilton - Weehawken, NJ
Jefferson won the 1804 election with Clinton as VP
Burr fled west with James Wilkerson to establish Own Country
Burr was tried for treason, but released by Marshall Lack of evidence
2. Exploration of Louisiana (1804)
Mariwether Lewis
William Clark
Sacajawea (16, Shoshone, French Husband)
Traveled:
Up the Missouri
Across the Continental Divid
Down the Columbia, to the Pacific
Sacajawea died believing she had betrayed her people
3. 1805-06 Zebulon Pike - 2 Expeditions
Discovered Pikes Peak
Head waters of Mississippi
