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The Acts were enacted under the presidency of John Adams on June 14, 1798, but expired on March 3, 1801, the day before Jefferson took office. The Alien and Sedition Acts were four federal laws restricting immigration and making certain criticism of the government illegal. The laws were very controversial in their own day, as they remain in the present day.
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Spanish officials, still in charge of New Orleans, closed port to Americas. American ministers tryed to buy New Orleans from France but failed. Then France ministers offered the entire Louisiana Territory( including N.O.) for 15 mill. Jefferson and most Americans approved of the purchase.
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Jefferson refused to honor the commissions that hadn't been commissioned under Adams' presidency, claiming they were invalid because they hadn't been delivered before the end of Adams' term. William Marbury applied to the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to compel Jefferson's Secretary of State, James Madison, to deliver the commissions. As a result, Marbury sued Madison.
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More than doubled the size of US.
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Was a serise of wars that were declared against the French by opposing coalitions.The British practice of capturing US sailors and forcing them to serve the British Navy happened through out the wars. (1803 - 1815)
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The Lewis and Clark was the first transcontinental expedition to the Pacific Coast. The expedition was commissioned by Thomas Jefferson with the purpose of finding a "direct and practicable water communication across this continent, for the purposes of commerce with Asia." Lewis and Clarks' goals were to study the area's plants, animal life, and geography, and to discover how the region could be exploited economically.
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Pirates had thretended US ships. and some even demanded money from US to be protected from other pirates. instead Jefferson sent a small fleet to the Mediterranean it lasted four years(1801-1805) no real victory but US gained respect.
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Off the coast of Virginia, British warship Leopard fired on the US warship Chesapeake. 3 US killed, 4 captive, US demanded war but Jefferson said no.
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Thomas Jefferson signed these Acts into law on December 22 in order to restrict American ships from engaging in foreign trade. The Acts were designed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to protect American interests and avoid war with Britain.
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US ships could trade legally with all nations but Britain and France.
