Chapter+7-Michael+Hyland



Chapter 7 Outline **
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 * The Age of Jefferson, 1800-1816 **

...A. The Louisiana Purchase ......i. U.S. interest in Mississippi River ......ii. Negotiations .........a.French needed money for war w/ Britain .........b.Offered the Louisiana Territory for 15 mil. .........c.U.S. Ministers took it ......iii. Constitutional predicament .........a.president not allowed to buy foreign land .........b.Senate ratified decisions ......iv. Consequences .........a.doubled US size .........b.Jefferson became popular .........c.Federalists became weak ......v. Lewis n Clark Expedition .........a.Discovered Oregon and Pacific Ocean .........b.1804-1806 .........c.Native tribe relations increased ...B. John Marshall and the Supreme Court ......i. John Marshall .........a.Federalist judge .........b.Jefferson's cousin ......ii. Case of Marbury vs. Madison (1803) ......iii. Judicial Impeachments ...C. Jefferson's Reelection ......i. In !804 ......ii. Had 162 of 176 electoral votes ...D. Aaron Burr ......i. Federalist conspiracy .........a.planed to unite NY w/ New England .........b.won governor of NY in 1804 ......ii. Duel with Hamilton .........a.Burr Challenged him to duel .........b.Won by killing him in 1804 ......iii. Trial for Treason .........a.Burr wanted Mexico from Spain .........b.Jefferson ordered him to jail ...E. Difficulties Abroad ......i. Barbary pirates ......ii. Challenges to US neutrality .........a. France and Britain blocked ports .........b. Sometimes captured Americans .........c. Chesapeake-Leopard affair ......iii. Embargo Act 1807 .........a.stopped american ships from going to foreign ports .........b.backfired w/ economic hardship to US and Britain
 * 1. Jefferson's Presidency**

...A. The Election of 1808 ......i. Brilliant thinker and statesman ......ii. Nominated by republicans ...B. Commercial Warfare ......i.Nonintercourse Act of 1809 ......ii. Macon's Bill No.2 1810 ......iii. Napoleon's deception
 * 2. Madison's Presidency**


 * 3. The War of 1812**

...A. Causes of the war ......i. Free seas and trade ......ii. Frontier pressures ......iii. War Hawks ......iv. Declaration of War ...B. A divided nation ......i. Election of 1812 .........a. Republican strength in south and west .........b. Madison reelected ......ii. Opposition to the war ...C. Military Defeats and Naval Victories ......i. Invasion of Canada ......ii. Naval Battles .........a.US Navy powerful b/c of superior ship building .........b. most important battle 1813 on Lake Erie ......iii.Chesapeake campaign ......iv. Southern Campaign .........a.under Andrew Jackson .........b. used many blacks and creoles ...D. The Treaty of Ghent ......i. a halt to fighting ......ii. the return of all conquered territory to prewar claimant ......iii. recognition of the pre war boundary between Canada and the US ...E. The Hartford Convention ...F. The War legacy