2. Jeffersonian Era
•Not a revolution as much
as a transition from elitism
of Federalists to "common
man" politics
– Andrew Jackson of 1820s
3. 12th Amendment
• electors will cast
separate ballot for
president and vice
president
• to prevent president
and vice president
being from
opposing political
parties
4. Chesapeake Affair
• British
– pursued
– attacked
– boarded
• the American ship
looking for deserters
from the Royal Navy
Lead to the
Embargo Act
5. Embargo Act
• following British
firing on American
ship;
– Forbid trade with
Britain and France
– Hurt US economy
– Americans upset
because this hurt
their businesses
• New England
merchants depended
on overseas trade - Only lasted 2 years
- Lead to division between
North and South states
6. John Marshall & Supreme Court
• First great chief
justice of Supreme
Court
– Jefferson's cousin
– Strong Federalist
– Landmark decisions
• 34 year career
• 7 presidents
7. Marshall's Landmark
Decisions
• Marbury vs. Madison
– **Supreme court can say what is constitutional or not
• Gibbons vs. Ogden
– **Protected the federal government's
delegated powers
(ie. regulate interstate commerce)
– NY tried to monopolize use of its waterways
to only one company; prevent all others to
use it
• McCulloch vs. Maryland
– Maryland tries to tax the Baltimore branch
of the National bank out of existence
– **States could not interfere with National
Bank that federal govt put into place
8. Louisiana Purchase
• 1800- Spain returns
Louisiana to France
– New Orleans - trade
• Jefferson --> Napoleon
$10 million (New Orleans)
– Napoleon --> Louisiana territory
for $15 million
• Jefferson nervous because
constitution does not clearly
allow gov't to purchase land
– Senate approves
– Purchase made US more than
double in size
• Boundaries???
Implied Powers =
not stated in
constitution but are
implied by the powers
expressly stated
9. Lewis & Clark
• Authorized by gov't to explore Louisiana
Territory
• May 1804- expedition left Missouri
• December 1805- reached Pacific ocean
(Oregon)
• September 1806- Returned to Missouri
• New geographical features
– Rocky Mountains
– Yellowstone National Park
– Pacific Ocean
• New Animals
• Grizzly Bears
• Vultures
• Cougars
Sacajawea
11. Zebulun Pike
• Army officer leads 2 expeditions
1. 1805 Expedition
– Upper Mississippi River
2. 1806-7 Expedition
– Cross Great Plains to Colorado Rockies
– Discovered Pike's Peak
• Turn southward to Mexico
12. Indians & Northwest
Territory
Indian
• land belongs to
everyone
• grow whatever
crops you need
• hunt only what you
need for food
White Man
• land ownership
important
• Indians wasting land
– more crops
– more hunting
– more use of
resources
13. Battle of Fallen Timbers
• Mad Anthony Wayne
– G. Washington appoints him in a campaign
to crush Indians
– Lewis, Clark, & Zebulun also fight in battle
• Treaty of Greenville- Indians surrender
southern half of Ohio
14. Tecumseh and his Bro
• "the Prophet"
• message from
"Master of Universe"
– rejecting white
man's lifestyle
– must unite to fight
against white man
• Chief adversary of Harrison
• Lead Indian challenge
against United States
• Trained warrior
• Father and brother killed in
battle against whites
• Fearless and honorable
– Never tortured prisoners
– Never attacked women &
children
• Convinced Indians to unite
against whites
15. Battle of Tippecanoe
• Harrison & Tecumseh meet in 1810
– Could reach no agreement
– War was inevitable
• While Tecumseh away, Harrison camps
near Prophetstown, Indiana
• Prophet leads attack on whitemen
• Whitemen win battle and run off Indians
– heavy loss of life
• Tecumseh returns to find Prophetstown
destroyed and burned down
