Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States. His victory over President Adams represented the first peaceful transition of power as a result of an election. Jefferson had been elected as a believer in a small government and limited powers of the President. His actions to Purchase the Louisana Territory and his war with the Tripolitan States, in fact, expanded both. |
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Biography: President Thomas Jefferson
1801- Jefferson: Inaugural Address-
1802- Jefferson: First State of the Union
1803- Jefferson: Third State of the Union
1804- Jefferson: Fourth State of the Union
1805- Jefferson: Second Inaugural Address
1805- Jefferson: Fifth State of the Union
1806- Jefferson: Sixth State of the Union
1807- Jefferson: Seventh State of the Union
1808- Jefferson: Eighth State of the Union |
Jefferson Assumes Power
-The election of Jefferson was determined by the House of Representatives. When Jefferson assumed office he had to deal with the legacy of Federalist control, especially regarding the Judicary. As a result of the Republican attempt to limit the judicary, the famous case of Marbury vs. Madison was decided by the Supreme Court. |
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American Expands
In the most dramaitc expansion in its history, the United States purchased the Louisiana territory from France. With one stroke of the pen and 20 million dollars the United Sates doubled in size. As America expanded, it also flexed it military muscle, in a short, but successful war with the Tripolitan States.
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America and Britain and France
During the Jefferson Pesidency, the United States found itself caught in a World War between England and Napoleonic France. Jefferon tried to untangle America from the problem, by cutting off American trade from the rest of the world. This was a classic case of "cutting off your nose to spite of your face".
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Aaron Burr
Aaron Burr was elected Vice President of the United States, after the election was thrown to the House of Representatives. By all accounts, Burr was a capable Vice President, doing his main job of presiding over the Senate in a competent manor. He will forever be known as a scoundrel for engaging in a duel and killing Alexander Hamilton. Burr also engaged in a scheme to break off the western lands.
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