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    Washington's farewell address warned against partisan politics and foreign alliances. John Adams' presidency was plagued by the divisive Alien and Sedition Acts, which targeted Republican press. The 1800 election saw Thomas Jefferson defeat Adams and mark the "Revolution of 1800," shifting to Republican rule and more democratic participation. However, the issue of slavery continued to divide the nation and threaten civil war. Jefferson sought to undo Federalist policies as president but also oversaw expansion through the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark Expedition. Conflicts with Britain over impressment and trade led to the War of 1812.

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    Washington's farewell address warned against partisan politics and foreign alliances. John Adams' presidency was plagued by the divisive Alien and Sedition Acts, which targeted Republican press. The 1800 election saw Thomas Jefferson defeat Adams and mark the "Revolution of 1800," shifting to Republican rule and more democratic participation. However, the issue of slavery continued to divide the nation and threaten civil war. Jefferson sought to undo Federalist policies as president but also oversaw expansion through the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark Expedition. Conflicts with Britain over impressment and trade led to the War of 1812.

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    Early 19th Century

    HST 210: The US Experience


    Washington's Farewell Address

    • 1792 - Washington won unanimous reelection


     
    • 1794 - Washington retires from  political office
     
    • Washington's Farewell Address
    o defended his administraton
    o warned against party spirit
    o avoid permanent alliances with foreign world
    John Adams Administration

    • 1796 election was highly contested


    • John Adams won presidency - he was a Federalist
    • Adams administration was plagued by crisis
    • greated crisis =  Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)
    o Naturalization Act  
    o Alien Act
    o Sedition Act
    • main target was the republican press
    • Jefferson called it "reign of witches"
    • failed 
    • freedom of expression at center stage
    "The Revolution of 1800"

    • 1800 election Adams v. Jefferson


    • Republicans good at voter mobilization
    • Federalists had a had time because of elitism
    • not a landslide victory
    o Jefferson  -  73 electoral votes
    o Adams - 65 electoral votes
     
    Summing up the 1790s

    • Two important changes in AMerican plitcial culture during


    this period:
    o party politics in Washington
    o democratic participation in politics and shifting visions of
    the meaning of liberty for ordinary citizens
    Slavery and Politics

    • divisive issue of slavery always there


    • Jefferson's victoy not possible without slavery
    • issue of slavery would not dissappear
    • continued petitions for emacipation
    • most agreed to set the issue aside and keep it out of
    national politics because it presented the possibility of civil
    war. 
    Gabriel's Rebellion
    • b. 1776 Brookfield Plantation in VA
    • educated 
    • blacksmith 
    • minimal white pupervision
    • earned small wage and greater freedom of movment
    • influenced by the Haitian Revolution
    • planned attack with bother
    • Plan  = Aug 30 1800
    o kill plantation owners
    o proceed to Richmond
    o capture Govenor
    o thunderstorm foils plans
    o  discovered by whites
    o trial in days - 27 executed
    Jefferson In Power
    • March 01, 1801
    • planned to undo Federalist system
     
    Louisiana Purchase
    • Mississippi River waswestern border up to MN
    • by 1800 more settlers moving west via Mississippi
    • New Orleans key port city
    • French territory
    • 1802 - FR. prevent Us from storing goods
    • Jefferson purchases land
    • April 30, 1803
    Jefferson In Power cont...

    Lewis and Clark Expedition

    • 1803-1805
    • Merriweather Lewis and William Clark 
    • traveled to the Pacific
    • collected information on peoples, soils, plants, animals and
    geography of the west
    Jefferson in Power cont...

    Impressment of American Soldiers

    • British sailors deserting due to poor conditions 


    • end up on American ships
    • Br. go on US ships to take sailors back
    • included those suspected of being British deserter
    • some were Americans
    • interpreted as disregard for independence
    Jefferson in Power cont...

    Embargo Act of 1807


    • American ships will not trade with other nation
    • to make Britian suffer
    • negatively affected US
    • unemplyment rises 
    •  smuggling explodes
    • not lifted until Jefferson's final day in office
    Shawnee Resistance

    • Two key Native  American leaders:


    o Tenskwatawa
     cultural resistance  - preserve culture
    o Tecumseh
     practical resistance - fight if necessary
    • Tippacanoe - Nov 7, 1811  - symbolic victory for Americans
    over natives
    War of 1812
    Causes
    • impressment of American sailors
    • interference in neutral commerce
    • BR. alliance with Natives
    • American expansion interests in Canada
    • Br. refusal to abandon old outposts
    • supposed to be short (4 weeks) but lasted 2.5 years
    • British set fire to Washington in August 1814
    • Treaty of Ghent
    o did not address causes
    o restored status quo
    Outcomes 
    o reaffirmed American independence
    o destroyed Indian ability to resist Americans
    o US to stay out of European affairs
    o stronger US army and more outposts
     

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