HIST 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Louisiana Purchase, Chesapeake Affair, Twelfth Amendment To The United States Constitution
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Republicans lecture: federalist presidents, washington 1789-1797, adams 1797-1801, republican presidents (cid:498)virginia dynasty(cid:499, background )nfo election of (cid:883)8(cid:882)(cid:882) Jefferson 1801-1809: madison 1809-1817, monroe 1817-1825, also known as the revolution of 1800 a la jefferson, first transition of power from one party to another, confirmed idea of legitimate opposition, what actually happened. Jefferson and burr (republicans) had 73 electoral votes: adams and pinckney (federalists) had 65 electoral votes. Jefferson promised to be moderate: jefferson"s domestic policy. President and vice president run as a single (cid:498)ticket(cid:499: secretary of treasury albert gallatin (cid:498)classical(cid:499) liberal - small central government. Eliminated navy because (cid:498)navies cause wars(cid:499: military cutback - 3,000-man army. 96 federal employees in washington: cut size and cost of government, gallatin cut back to 96. Liberalism (small, weak government) depended on maintaining peace with the rest of the world: cut taxes. Depended on tariff, so trade required peace with the rest of the world.
