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About the
Jeffersonian Era
Between 1800 and 1815, the Jeffersonian
Republicans nearly doubled the size of the country by purchasing Louisiana
Territory from France; defeated powerful Indian confederations in the
Northwest and South, opening the area north of the Ohio River as well
as southern and western Alabama to white settlement; and--to protect American
shipping and seamen, clear westerns lands of Indians, and preserve national
honor--once again waged war with Britain, fighting the world's strongest
power to a stalemate. In addition, the Supreme Court established the principle
of judicial review, which enables the courts to review the constitutionality
of federal laws and invalidate acts of Congress when they conflict with
the Constitution.
The
Jeffersonian era was rife with conflict, partisan passion, and larger-than-life
personalities. On the domestic front, a new party, the Republicans,
came to office for the first time and a former vice president was charged
with treason. Pirates, operating from bases on the coast of North Africa,
harassed enslaved American sailors, and Britain and France interfered
with American shipping. Finally, the United States fought a second war
for independence against Britain.
The history of the Jeffersonian era http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/subtitles.cfm?titleID=21
"We
have the wolf by the ears & feel the danger of holding or letting
loose"
Thomas Jefferson to Lydia Sigourney, 1824
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=399
To
learn more
Maps:
Animated
map of U.S. expansion http://www.ac.wwu.edu/%7Estephan/48states.html
More maps on the Jeffersonian era: Perry-Castaneda Collection, University
of Texas
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html#US
Maps:
Images:
Click
for more images.
Timelines:
Click
here for timeline of the 19th century.
Fact sheets and lesson plans:
Fact sheetmaybe
an s2:
The
War of 1812
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/us10.cfm
Recommended
lesson plan:
Lewis
and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/class/idx_les.html
Fact checks:
Quiz
about the Jeffersonian Era
Recommended readings:
Henry
Adams, The United States in 1800
The grandson and great-grandson of presidents, Henry Adams examines
the nature of American society at the dawn of the nineteenth century.
Drew McCoy, The Elusive Republic: Political Economy in Jeffersonian
America.
 Recommended
film{maybe an s} :
Lewis
and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997)
A two-part documentary directed by Ken Burns that examines the expedition
of Meriweather Lewis and William Clark and American society in the early
19th century.
Learn
more:
The
Buccaneers (1938, 1958) A fanciful tale of pirate Jean Lafitte joining
forces with General Andrew Jackson to defeat the British at the Battle
of New Orleans during the War of 1812.
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) In Alabama in 1818, Kentucky militiaman
John Breen, played by John Wayne falls in love with a French exile and
discovers a plot to steal the land her fellow exiles plan to settle
on.
John Paul Jones (1959) Hollywood biopic about the American naval
hero of the War of 1812.
Old Ironsides (1926) The story of the famous War of 1812 battleship.
 Recommended
Web site:
Monticello
http://www.monticello.org/
This site contains biographical information about Jefferson, about Jefferson's
views on slavery, and a guide to the controversy surrounding Jefferson
and Sally Hemings.
Learn more online: Read transcripts of interviews with leading
authorities on Thomas Jefferson, including Joseph Ellis, John Hope Franklin,
and Garry Wills
http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/archives/interviews/frame.htm
Click
for more Web sites.
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