HIST 2110Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Tight Spot, Hartford Convention, Tenskwatawa
26 Feb 2016
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After the revolution of 1800 , jefferson and his republicans were in charge. They wanted to roll back the federalist government structure. And restore america to their vision of small government, agricultural economy and society, and insolation from europe"s troubles. Jefferson"s rural vision needed 3 things: open markets for us goods, western land for settlers, and virtuous citizens. The contradictions of these policies led to a decade of conflict, and conspiracies. And to deal with them jefferson often used the might of big government power to press for his vision, something he theoretically despised. Simple man who believed in a simple government. Jefferson"s major goal was to dismantle the federalist government structure and return to small government. He eliminated the taxes on whiskey and imports. Cut the national debt in half and shrunk the armed forces. The case of marbury c. madison established the principle of judicial review .
