From Jefferson to the 1820s

SHAPE OF THE NATION:

2.5 million in 1775

5.3 million in 1800

300,000 in towns of 2500 or more (less than 7% “urban”)

893,000 people in slavery

"My father was a farmer and by the help of his trusty rifle kept the family in wild meat such as bear, elk, deer, and wild Turkey."

"My Farm gave me and my family a good living on the produce of it; and left me, one year after another, one hundred and fifty dollars, for I have never spent more than ten dollars a year, which was for salt, nails, and the like. Nothing to wear, eat, or drink was purchased, as my farm produced all."

From Jefferson to the 1820s

I.                                First Party System:

Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists

                        Hamilton                       vs.        Jefferson

Hamilton:                      People are “ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious…and seldom judge or determine right.”

II.                             Election of 1796: (Adams)

Jay Treaty

Whiskey Tax

Bank of the United States

Alien and Sedition Acts

III.                           Election of 1800

Revolution of 1800?

IV.                          The Courts

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

V.                             The West: Completing the Vision

A. Louisiana Purchase

B. Lewis and Clark

VI.                          Slavery

VII.                        Jeffersonians start acting like “federalists”

A. Louisiana Purchase/

Lewis and Clark

                        B. National Bank

                        C. High Tariff

                        D. Strong Military

VIII.                     Foreign Entanglements:

War of 1812

IX.                          The Transportation Revolution

1. Canals   http://www.eriecanal.org/locks.html

2. Turnpikes

3. Steamboats

X.                             The “Knell” of the Union

The Missouri Compromise: 1821