Chapter 11 Flashcards
The decline of Federalists
alien and sedition acts made enemies
ham published pamphlet against adams
adams didnt go to war
as a last resort, tried to fire on jef
Revolution of 1800
won 73 to 65 votes
won due to 3/5 compromise increasing pop in S and W
Burr and Jef got same # of votes and went to House
won after a few Fs chose moderation
smooth transition of political parties and leadership
moderation
rule of pellnell
only dismissed few pulbic servants
good politician
pardoned people from the Sedition Act
reduced residency requirement
no excise tax
balanced budget
Judiaciary Act of 1801
created 16 new federal judgeships that were filled by feds appted by adams
“midnight judges”
Madbury v Madison
madbury sued Madison for faliure of deliverence of his papers
Marshall dismissed it, avoiding a political showdown
in explaining his ruiling, he said that he based his appeal on unconstitutionality
JUDICIAL REVIEW (1803)
-DR tried to take revenge by impeaching a judge
the reluctant warrior
reduced military to 2500
wanted to avoid war, abalnce budget, and didnt like large armies bc of dictatorships
had to fight the north african pirates to stop paying tributes
made 200 small gunboats
the tripolitan war
north african barbary state pirates plundered A shps
Pash of Tripoli informally declared war on US after not getting paid enough
US won after 4 yrs
aquiring lousiana
france got lousiana from spain, ending pickneys treaty
1803: send 2 diplomats to buy new orelans and as much land as $10 mil can buy
got all of lousisana for $15 mil
doubled size of us
LOOSE INTERPRETATION of CONST
napoleon sold
failed to reconquer a sugar island
haitian rev
needed money to fight england
lousiana in the long view
equal membership of land and peeps
nai were removed
supported isolantionist principles (avoided alliances, removed europe)
Lewis and Clark
1804: explored northern part of lousiana
corps of discovery: all the way to oregon and the pacific
sacajawea
scientififc observations: maps, NAIS, wildlife, enviro, ect
aaron burr
provoked and justified fears relating to Lousiana
joined w/ extreme feds to plot the secession of n enf and ny
ham exposed it
tried to take mexico from spain and create a a new empire
tried for treason but not convicted
war abroad
napoleon started war e/ eng in 1803
1805: eng got conrtol of seas and france got land
Orders in Council
siezure of merchant ships
COULDNT TRADE
impressment
orders in council
1806
closed ports under F control to foreign shipping
chesapeake affair
eng killed a ship called the chesapeke
embargo act of 1807
jef saw europe needed a food, so he cut off trade so they would respect their rights
more unemployed
hurt N eng more than eng and france
s + w had exess products
illicit trade on canadian border
revived def party
repealedL mar 1, 1809
non-intercourse acts
reopened trade e/ everyopne but france and eng
failure of the embarogo
determined british
dependance of A on trade
F decided they didnt need A
unpopularity
Macon’s Bill no. 2
said if either france or eng opened trade with them, they would put the embargo to the other country
accepted offer / france and gave eng 3 months to revoke orders in council
embargo against england
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Tecumesh and the Prophet
shwonce brothers began to create a confederacy of tribes East of Miss
got rid of A goods
urged followers not to cede land
war hawks
newcomers of congress
looking for war
hated Orders in Council
wanted to wipe out NAI threat to A pioneeers
Battle of Tippecanoe
fall 1811: William Henry Harrison (gov of indiana) gathered an army to march on NAI HQ
Tecumesh was absent and Prophet tried to take As alone
made Harrison a hero
drove Tecumesh to make allaince w/ brits
madison’s war
took office on Mar 4, 1809
1812: thought war was inevitable
Congress declared war in 1812 (79 to 49 in house and 19 to 13 in senate)
support for war came S, W, and some Mid states
North damned it
factors leading to the declaration of war
restore confidence and respect in republican gov
war hawks
english arming of NAIs
wanted florida
