Jeffersonian America
Did Jefferson abandon his principles for the good of the nation?
I. The Adams Presidency
II. Election of 1800
Election of 1800
Jefferson’s Inaugural Address
III. Jefferson’s Principles
IV. The Louisiana Purchase
IV. The Louisiana Purchase
IV. The Louisiana Purchase
IV. The Louisiana Purchase
IV. Louisiana Purchase
IV. Louisiana Purchase
IV. Louisiana Purchase
V. Barbary Wars
V. Barbary Wars
VI. Chesapeake-Leopard Affair (1807)
USS Chesapeake left many Americans
clamoring for war, but there was little the
ill-prepared United States could do to answer
British aggression
VII. Embargo Act, 1807
Chesapeake/ Leopard Affair and Embargo Act 1807
VIII. War of 1812 - Causes
Competing Visions
WAR HAWKS AND THEIR CRITICS
Why did Westerners believe that the British were encouraging Indian violence against Americans?
War Hawks accused British of arming Native Americans and inciting them to attack American settlers.
Critics argued that conflicts with Native Americans resulted from settlers’ encroachment on their lands.
20 Visions of America, A History of the United States
IX. War of 1812
IX. War of 1812
X. Federalist Grievances and the Hartford Convention
XI. 1812 War - Results
XI. 1812 War - Results