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Thomas Jefferson Presidency
The election of 1800 was marked by three contestants, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Aaron Burr. Thomas Jefferson, a Republican, won the election, after a tie with Burr, the tie was broken after Alexander Hamilton convinced a congressman that Jefferson was the best candidate. -
Louisiana Purchase
The President heard of a deal where Spain was going to cede the Louisiana territory to France, which had a ruler who Jefferson didn't like. That is when he sent a political ally to try and negotiate in Paris. After some years of trying, James Monroe joined, for their luck the France ruler lost his ambition for an empire in America. Later an amazing offer was received, the U.S could not only buy New Orleans which was the plan from the beginning but the whole Louisiana territory for R$15 million. -
Lewis and Clark expedition
With the new territory, Jefferson wanted to understand and explore the land, he then sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to map the land, learn more about the Native Americans that there lived, understand nature, but the most important task was to find the Northwest Passage. Lewis was able to keep everything in his journal. There they experienced challenges like hunger, temperatures, conflicts, but they had help from two Native people, Sacagawea and her husband Toussaint Charbonneau. -
The Embargo act
An act where the U.S could not trade with any foreign nation; this act was a result of because of British ships impressing the U.S so to punish France and Britain. However, no one got hurt with this act only the United States. Foreign trade dropped drastically, the British took their trade for agricultural goods to South America, many people lost their jobs, like American sailors and shipyard workers, the losses were huge. It was only in 1809 that the act was repealed. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
Two brothers Native Americans called Tenskwatawa, known as the Prophet, and Tecumseh wanted to unite the natives and fight back against the settlers who stole their land. They wanted to renew the commitment to traditional Native lifeways, he inspired action. However, when the battle time came, it declined Prophet’s influence but infuriated Tecumseh, he searched for British help against the Americans which he received but in the end, the U.S was the one victorious. -
Second War with England
The new president, James Madison declared war against Britain over violations of U.S marine rights, Native American involvement where many implied that the British were supplying weapons to them to fight settlers and because both France and Britain wanted to cut the other off from trading with the U.S. America was not prepared for war and didn't have a good start. But it did get their hopes up with the USS Constitution, victory at sea. The war came to an end in 1804, with the Treaty of Ghent. -
Treaty of Ghent
The treaty was the reason the war of 1812 came to an end, Britain and the United States came to an agreement in Belgium. On each side, the military positions were very balanced, because of this no one could obtain desired concessions. -
Missouri Compromise
Ever since independence the talk about abolishing slavery was there, even the north took some matters to end it, but the west remained. In the tensions about the subject the U.S Congress passed a law that admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state, but Maine as a free state, all the while banning slavery from the Louisiana Purchase lands located north. The compromise would remain for about 30 years. It failed to answer the question of slavery and its place in the future. -
Monroe Doctrine
James Monroe asserted the new foreign policy, opposing European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere, where the U.S should not be considered subjects for future colonization. The doctrine said that while the U.S would not interfere in any existing European colonies, it would also resist Europeans' attempts to set up new colonies or bother Latin American affairs. -
Election
Was the collapse of the Federalist party, all the candidates ran as Democratic-Republicans. Andrew Jackson with 99 electoral votes and followed by John Quincy Adams with 84 votes and William H. Crawford with 41 votes. Many thought that Jackson had won, but as nobody had received the most votes in the electoral college, the choice was the House of Representatives' responsibility. -
Election
To get to the choice it had many bumps, different supporters called “Corrupt Bargain”, there was an alliance between Adams and Henry Clay, but in the end, the House elected Adams.