Republicans in Power, 1800-1828 Growth & Expansion, 1800 - 1850 Geographic Political Economic Demographic Conflict & Crises External threats . Foreign affairs
Internal . Politics . Expansion . Slavery Conflict & Crises Election of 1800 . Party “tickets” . Federalists vs. Democratic-Republicans Federalist Party Strong Federal government National Bank Tariffs - Industry Great Britain Democratic-Republican Party States’ rights Agrarian France Election of 1800 Federalists
Adams Pinckney Election of 1800 Democratic-Republicans
Jefferson Burr Election of 1800
. 53% popular vote
Jefferson Electoral College Thomas Jefferson Aaron Burr
. 73 electoral votes each President VP Aaron Burr Thomas Jefferson “Republican simplicity” Dress, manners Limited federal government Slashed spending Barbary Coast . Tribute payments USS Philadelphia Barbary Coast War
Commodore Stephen Decatur Barbary Coast War From the Halls of Montezuma, To the shores of Tripoli; We fight our country's battles In the air, on land, and sea…”
Louisiana Territory New Orleans James Monroe Robert Livingston Pierre Du Pont De Nemours Louisiana Purchase
3¢ per acre
"We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives...From this day the United States take their place among the powers of the first rank.“ - Robert Livingston Meriwether Lewis William Clark Lewis & Clark Expedition Sacajawea Neutrality
“…peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.” - Th. Jefferson, 1801 Napoleonic Wars, 1803-1815 Napoleon Bonaparte 1799 1804 “impressment” Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, 1807 Embargo Act, 1807 “commercial warfare” “embargo” = prohibition
No trade with England or France Election of 1808
James Madison War of 1812 Congressional “war hawks”
John C. Calhoun Henry Clay War of 1812 commercial naval warfare . Merchant ships blockade & raids . Atlantic – Gulf of Mexico frontier . Border with Canada . Great Lakes Detroit August 1812 Battle of Lake Erie Sept 1813
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry Washington, DC August 1814 Baltimore – Fort McHenry Sept 1814 “…the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air…”
Francis Scott Key
Southern frontier . Creek War, 1814
Andrew Jackson
Horseshoe Bend Treaty of Ghent - Dec, 1814 Treaty of Ghent - Dec, 1814 No territorial gains/losses Prisoner exchanges Compensation for slaves Ships/crews returned Growth & Expansion