Thomas Jefferson
Brooke, Ashleigh, Moey
Basic Info
TERM: March 4, 1801- March 4, 1809
PARTY: Democratic-Republican
VICE PRESIDENT: Aaron Burr, George Clinton
ELECTION OPPONENTS: John Adams
America at this Time
With the size of the nation greatly expanding, citizens were gaining land (freedom.) The ethics of slavery were being questioned. The US began to have a growing involvement in the Atlantic world.
Key People of the Presidency
~Alexander Hamilton - helped Jefferson get elected
~Chief Justice John Marshall - established Judicial Review
~William Clark, Meriwether Lewis - explored new land
~Lord Cornwallis - surrendered Yorktown
~Napoleon - sold Louisiana Territory to Jefferson
Quote
"I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive."
Economic Policies
Strong agricultural beliefs - the citizens of the new country were to grow their own food and sell the rest for profit
Foreign Policies
Wanted to trade freely with the world and not become involved in wars but since Britain and France were impressing our ships he enacted a policy that prohibited British ships in American ports
Domestic Policies
Doubling the nations size with the Louisiana Purchase
Small federal government that respected states powers