HLTH 5392 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: North South Mrt Line, Real Change, Cotton Gin
6 Dec 2016
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Jefferson"s republican ideology justified and actively promoted commercial land expansion. Jefferson"s own radicalized views advocated simultaneously an. Empire of liberty and a white man"s republic . Louisiana purchase and war of 1812 established a precedent for expansion and empire and gave substance to what would later be dubbed manifest destiny . Farmers that grow enough to feed their families and make money. Own lots of slaves but appear like every man. Example: the bill of rights is worth dying for . Land of the people expand federal authority. Reduced the amount of government employees by firing all the federalists. Reduced the size of the army and navy big mistake. Pardoned all those convicted under the sedition acts as an act to dismantle the federalists institution. Invention of the cotton gin more people invest into slavery. No influence in the west or south. Against the louisiana purchase made federalist look bad when the purchase was made.
