The Era of Thomas
Jefferson

Warm up:
Question: What important events
(surrounding the presidency) happened in Chapter 8?

Answer:
• G. Washington served as our 1 st
President
• 4 Precedents (title, neutral, cabinet, 2 terms)
• J. Adams served as our 2 nd President
• Presidents were challenged by Britain and France

Chapter 9: Section 1

Jefferson attended the
College of William and Mary, he wrote the Declaration of
Independence, he was
Secretary of State under
Washington, Vice President under John Adams and the leader of the Democratic-
Republican Party.
Born April 13, 1743 Died July 4, 1826

A watercolor of the White House grounds about
1827. Shown with the White House are Jefferson’s stone wall, the orchard, the vegetable garden and several workmen’s shanties left over from the construction.

Federalists-
Adams & Pickney vs.
Republicans-
Jefferson & Burr
Each elector received 2 votes which led to a tie.
The House of Reps. had to decide the President and based on Hamilton’s recommendation
Jefferson became
President.

Third President of the United
States
-Democratic Republicans take over the White House
-President - Thomas Jefferson
(Virginia)
-Vice President - Aaron Burr
(New York)
-Inaugurated March 4, 1801

• To prevent another show down between a presidential candidate and vice-presidential candidate,
Congress passed the 12th
Amendment.
• Electors will now vote for president and vice president on separate ballots.

• The new government allowed the Alien and
Sedition Acts to expire.
• They cut the federal debt ($83 million) significantly in a few years.
• Repealed the internal taxes. (ex: whiskey)

Judiciary Act of 1801
This was passed in Adams’ last days as President.
He packed the regional court system with
Federalist judges.
He also appointed
John Marshall as Chief
Justice of the Supreme
Court.
On January 18, 1800, Thomas Jefferson, then Vice
President of the United States, alluded to plans for a new college . The University of Virginia was eventually be built on James Monroe’s land and opened January 25, 1819.

Midnight Judges
Jefferson tried to prevent some of
Adams’ judges from taking office. One such appointment was for William Marbury.
Jefferson stopped his commission from being delivered.
William Marbury

Marbury vs. Madison
Marbury took his case to the U.S. Supreme
Court. He said the courts should force the delivery of his commission.
Justice Marshall didn’t agree with him. This resulted in the courts overseeing the other branches, i.e.-judicial review.
(See page 236)

Warm up:
Question: What problem occurred during the Election of 1800?

Answer:
Thomas Jefferson and his running mate,
Aaron Burr both received the same number of electoral votes.
President and Vice President were elected based on a 1 st and 2 nd place vote-the tie caused a problem.

Warm up:
Question: Why was Marbury vs. Madison such an important Supreme Court case?

Answer:
Marbury vs. Madison established the
Supreme Court’s power of judicial review. (Power to check the other branches.)

Chapter 9: Section 2

• In 1803 President Jefferson sent James Monroe to Paris to negotiate with Napoleon (French ruler) for the Louisiana
Territory
• Napoleon Bonaparte needed $ to fight Britain
• For $15 million the U.S. purchased the territory, about 4 cents/acre
• Largest land deal in history!
• Americans knew they could convince France to sell because they couldn’t defend it…why?

• France lost control of Haiti in
1791 when African slaves revolted
• They were led by a former slave in Haiti and the grandson of an African chief
(Louverture)
• Today Haiti is 90% African descent
• FYI: This event concerned
Americans because they were afraid that the U.S. slaves would also revolt.

• Jefferson assigned two skilled frontiersmen,
Meriwether Lewis and
William Clark the task of mapping the Louisiana
Territory
• Lewis-Jefferson’s
Secretary (military)
• Clark- Friend of Lewis’ from military service

• Lewis & Clark traveled with a crew of 45 explorers and kept detailed journals of their findings.

Lewis and Clark Artifacts
Virtual
Journey

• Wife of a French-Canadian fur trader
• Hired by Lewis & Clark as guides and interpreters
• She showed explorers where to fish, to hunt, and to find wild vegetables
• She also helped trade supplies with American
Indians

•
1.
Lewisia rediviva
Pursh

Another important explorer of the period was Z. Pike. He explored a great deal of western territory. He was often lost!

• Pike discovered Grand Peak in Colorado.
Today it’s called Pike’s Peak after him.

• Hamilton and Burr had a long standing hatred for each other. (Especially after the
Election of 1800.)
• Hamilton accused Burr of treason (planned for N.Y. to secede).
Alexander
Hamilton
A contemporary artistic rendering of the July 11, 1804 duel between Burr and
Hamilton.

Eventually their hatred led to
Burr challenging Hamilton to a duel.
The Wogdon Pistols used in the duel
Aaron
Burr
Eyewitness to
History

Hamilton was shot and died
(July 11, 1804)
-Burr fled and his political career ended

A reenactment of the famous duel at the 2004 centennial

Warm up:
• Question: What was the result of the
Hamilton-Burr duel?

Answer:
• Hamilton died and Burr fled. Burr’s political career ended.

Warm up:
• Question: Who were Lewis and Clark and name 3 impacts of their journey?

Answer:
Two men who led an expedition for President
Jefferson to explore the territory gained in the Louisiana Purchase.
Three Impacts:
1. New plant and animal species
2. Inspired westward expansion
3. Discovered a route across the Rockies to the
Pacific Ocean

Conestoga
Wagon
-Transported settlers and their freight over the
Appalachian
Mountains.
First built in
PA.

•After the Revolution pirates in the
Mediterranean Sea began attacking
U.S. trade ships.
•The pirates came from the African nations of Morocco, Algiers, Tunisia,
& Tripoli. (These nations were called the Barbary States)
•The pirates demanded bribes to stop attacking and imprisoning merchants.
•The U.S sent warships to protect
U.S. cargo ships.

•Pirates seized the U.S. warship,
Philadelphia and threw the captain and crew in jail.
•Stephen Decatur (Navy captain) snuck on and burned the captured Philadelphia to prevent the pirates from using it.
•Tripoli agreed to stop demanding tribute, but the U.S. had to pay a ransom of 60K for the release of the prisoners.
•Shortly after the Marines captured
Tripoli and demonstrated the dominance of the U.S. military.
Burning of the frigate Philadelphia in the harbor of Tripoli.

• During Britain and France’s war, the U.S. remained neutral so shippers could continue doing business.
•Both Britain and France threatened to attack any ships that traded with the other.
•The U.S. traded with both.

• The British started to seize
U.S. sailors that they suspected of being deserters from the
British Navy and forced them into service
•This practice, known as impressment, was a clear violation of neutral rights
•They impressed thousands of
American citizens

• The final straw for many
Americans was the attack on the
American vessel, The
Chesapeake. A British warship demanded to search the ship for
British deserters. (off coast of VA)
•The captain refused and the
British opened fire, killing 3, wounding 18, and crippling the
American ship
•Many Americans demanded war against Britain
•Jefferson sought a course of action other than war

•To avoid war Jefferson pushed the
Embargo Act through Congress.(The
U.S. would not trade with any nation.)
•He wanted to hurt Britain without going to war.
•The embargo turned out to be a disaster (it wiped out all American trade with other nations.)
•The British ended up trading with
South America.
•Before long, American shippers began smuggling their goods.
A political cartoon showing merchants dodging the
“Ograbme” which is
‘Embargo’ backwards. This is how the people feel about the Embargo Act, because, like a turtle, it is slowing the economy down.

• Madison becomes the 4 th president.
•On March 1, 1809, Congress repealed the Embargo Act.
•The U.S. continued to have problems with Britain and France.
•Tensions also continue to grow between settlers and Native Americans in the
Northwest Territory.

•Tecumseh and his brother the Prophet built a confederacy among Native
American nations in Indiana, Ohio and
Michigan
•They thought that this would put a halt to white movement onto N.A. lands
•Instead it led to the Battle of
Tippecanoe
•The Natives battled William Henry
Harrison and the U.S. army
•The Natives were defeated and pushed further west.
Tecumseh
The
Prophet
Harrison

• War Hawks-group of young
Republicans elected to
Congress
•They pressured the president to declare war with Britain
•Leaders were Henry Clay and John Calhoun
•The War Hawks urged major spending to strengthen the
U.S. military
•By the spring of 1812,
Madison concluded that war with Britain was inevitable
Henry Clay John
Calhoun

Warm up:
Question: Who were the Barbary
Pirates?

Answer: The Barbary
Pirates were a group of pirates who terrorized the Mediterranean.
They demanded tribute
(protection money) from the U.S. &
European governments to let their ships pass safely.

Section 9.4
The WAR OF 1812
Madison is elected President
The U.S. is having continued problems with Britain

The British had become friends with the Native
Americans in the west supplying them with weapons to use against the
United States.

Captured about 5,000 men, about 1,500 of them were U.S. citizens

3) Poor Economy – Embargo
Act stops all trade with other countries
War = More Jobs

4) War Hawks
– 1810 – young
Republicans in Congress pressured
Madison to declare war
Henry Clay

The American ship the
Constitution destroyed the
Guerriere in
August 1812, and the Java four months later.
After seeing a shot bounce off the
Constitution’s hull during battle, a sailor nicknamed the ship “Old
Ironsides”
1) Old Ironsides (August, 1812)

• Picture of the U.S.S. Constitution defeating the Guerriere
• Huge victory for the U.S. Navy

FYI: Built in 1794 in Boston, the Constitution’s planks were 7 inches thick. Paul Revere was responsible for the spikes and bolts that held them together as well as the copper sheathing that protected the hull..
The U.S.S. Constitution still resides in Boston and is the oldest active ship in the U.S. Navy.

2) Battle of
Lake Erie
(Sept 10,
1813)
Oliver Hazard Perry

• Oliver Hazard Perry led 10 small ships on an attack against the British
• He broke through the British Blockade and gained control of Lake Erie

British wanted to capture
Baltimore
(by way of
Washington,
D.C.)

• 4,000-6,000 British soldiers burned D.C. (Whitehouse,
Capitol, Library of Congress)
• Thankfully a hurricane put out the fires before more damage could be done
• A tornado also came right through D.C. and stopped the British from advancing any faster/further

What was left of the
Whitehouse after
Before the British arrived to the President’s Mansion, the First Lady refused to leave. Dolley Madison remained there after many of the government officials had already left, gathering valuables, documents and other items of importance, notably the Lansdowne
Portrait, a full-length painting of George Washington by
Gilbert Stuart. She also took a set of red velvet drapes that she had made into a gown after the war. She was finally persuaded to leave moments before British soldiers entered the house. Once inside, the soldiers found the dining hall set for a dinner. After eating all the food they took souvenirs (silver shoes buckles, a sword, and personal love letters between the
Madisons) then set the building on fire .

Washington, D.C. (August 19,1814)
The blue part shown was all that was constructed of the
Capitol during
Thornton’s time.
Dr. William Thornton
Dr. William Thornton (who created the Capitol) stood outside the patent office and convinced the British to leave the patent office because they would be destroying inventive science if they destroyed it. While it was spared, The roof was blown off in the coming storm
(Hurricane and Tornado!)

• After the fire
President Madison met with his cabinet in the Post Office
(one of the only government buildings that wasn’t damaged during the rampage.)
• The Congress met in a local hotel.
• Both groups met to discuss the course of the war.

The British left
Washington and sailed to Baltimore, however the
Americans were ready and waiting.
Americans win in
Baltimore
(TURNING POINT!)
Siege at Fort
Mc Henry

the commander of Ft. McHenry asked for a flag so big that "the
British have no trouble seeing it from a distance." He asked Mary
Young Pickersgill to make the flag. She used 400 yards of fine wool. They cut 15 stars that were two feet across. There were 8 red and 7 white stripes.
The stripes were each two feet wide. When it was finished it measured 30 by 42 feet and cost
$405.90.
Francis Scott Key, a lawyer, boarded a British ship to negotiate the release of a captured friend, Dr. William Beanes. The British accepted the release but kept them overnight because they had heard of attack plans. Key watched as the bombs burst over Ft.
McHenry. Finally, “by the dawn’s early light”, Key was able to see that the American flag still flew over the fort. Deeply moved by patriotic feeling, Key wrote a poem called, “The Star-
Spangled Banner.”

The caption reads "A VIEW of the BOMBARDMENT of Fort
McHenry”, near Baltimore, by the British fleet taken from the
Observatory under the Command of Admirals Cochrane &
Cockburn on the morning of the 13th of Sept 1814 which lasted 24 hours & thrown from 1500 to 1800 shells in the Night attempted to land by forcing a passage up the ferry branch but were repulsed with great loss."
Notice the cow is not interested

- Indians side with British

- Davy Crockett and Andrew
Jackson defeated the Creek
Davy Crockett fought under
General Andrew Jackson in the
Creek War. It was his reputation as an Indian fighter and frontiersman that first established his popularity.

5) The Battle of New Orleans
(January 5, 1815)

Fought 2 weeks after
The Treaty of Ghent
• Signed Dec 24, 1814 in Ghent, Belgium
• Did not change any existing borders
• Settled nothing

Andrew Jackson dominated
(251 British casualties, 11 U.S. casualties)
Gives U.S. Complete Control of Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico to the U.S.

RESULTS:
1) World
Respect
(Recognized as a
Nation)
Aretha Franklin – R E S P E C T

RESULTS:
2) Patriotism
Whitehouse (Star
Spangled Banner)
Uncle Sam
The "WE OWE ALLEGIANCE TO NO
CROWN" banner was a popular symbol of American pride for many years following the War of 1812

RESULTS:
3) New Heroes
• Andrew
Jackson
• William Henry
Harrison
• Oliver Hazard
Perry

RESULTS:
4)Native
Americans pushed further west
Shawnee village

RESULTS:
5)TRADE IMPROVES (Economy)
As people are hired to build supplies for the war the economy starts to grow again.

Results
6) War Hawks
Gain Power

Question:
1. Who fought in the War of 1812?
2. What were the results?
(Look for 6)
9.4)

Answer:
United States and the British
•World Respect (recognized as a nation)
•Patriotism (Star Spangled Banner)
•New Heroes (Jackson, Harrison, Perry)
•Native Americans pushed further west
•Trade Improves (economy)
•War Hawks gain Power

Warm up:
Question: Who wrote the Star-
Spangled Banner?
How did it come about?

Warm up:
Question: Who were the War Hawks and what role did they play in the War of
1812?

Answer:
They were people who wanted to go to war with England. (H. Clay, J.C. Calhoun,
A. Jackson)
They tried to push Madison and other members of Congress to declare war with Britain.

Warm up:
Question: Why is the War of 1812 sometimes called
“The American
Revolution, Part
II”?

Answer:
• It was a war between
Great Britain and the
Untied States
• Fight over shipping and trade
• Involved fighting in
America and Canada
• It ended in an
American victory

Warm up:
• Question: What treaty ended the War of 1812? What were the details of the treaty?
Chapter 9 Review Day!

Answer:
• Treaty of Ghent
• Signed Dec 24, 1814 in
Ghent, Belgium (it took 2 weeks for the Treaty to arrive to the U.S.)
• Did not change any existing borders
• Settled nothing

Movie Day!

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Thomas Jefferson was a very remarkable man who started learning very early in life and never stopped.
At 5, began studying under his cousins' tutor..
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At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French.
At 14, studied classical literature and additional languages.
At 16, entered the College of William and Mary .
At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe.
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At 23, started his own law practice.
At 25, was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.
* At 31, wrote the widely circulated "Summary View of the Rights of British America " and retired from his law practice.
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At 32, was a Delegate to the Second Continental Congress.
At 33, wrote the Declaration of Independence.
* At 33, took three years to revise Virginia 's legal code and wrote a Public Education bill and a statute for Religious Freedom.
* At 36, was elected the second Governor of Virginia succeeding
Patrick Henry.
* At 40, served in Congress for two years.
* At 41, was the American minister to France and negotiated commercial treaties with European nations along with Ben Franklin and John
Adams .
* At 46, served as the first Secretary of State under George
Washington .
* At 53, served as Vice President and was elected president of the American Philosophical Society.
* At 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions and became the active head of Republican Party.