Thomas Jefferson's presidency started with the Revolution of 1800, the first time political parties sent candidates and campaigned. He managed to stabilize and empower the people of the United States during his two terms as president. One of his major accomplishments was cleared the Revolutionary debt the US incurred. He did this by putting his frugal/simple economic plan into effect, reducing the navy to several ships and the army down to small militias. This was one of his 3 main goals at the start of his presidency that he accomplished. He also spent $15 million in acquiring the Louisiana Territory from a war-weary Napoleon Bonaparte. This doubled the size of the US Overnight and he went to work by sending expeditions westward and incorporating the people. This was important because previously, people had simply pushed past the boundary illegally or squatted, thus stabilizing the nation. Jefferson also nixed Adam's and Washington's monarchial lives by not using a horse-drawn carriage or being called "Majesty" and gave more power to the states. As a strict-constructionist, he believed all powers not given to the federal government belonged to the states. This was important because…
Hey Clark found another animal it is long and no arms or legs. When Lewis and Clark went west to find out about the Louisiana territory. Lewis and Clark went off on their expedition on May 4, 1804 and came back September 23, 1806. They tried to find the Northwest Passage for the Pacific to the Port of New Orleans.…
We just got back from 2 year 4 month trip from Louisiana Territory. It began in St. Louis. We traveled to the Pacific Ocean and back to St. Louis. Louis needed to find a map and a water route across Northern America from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean .…
1. Lewis was shot by one of his own men. Pierre Cruzatte, who could not see well, shot Lewis through the buttocks on August 11, 1806, mistaking him for an elk.…
In Jefferson's second term he was focused on keeping us out of the war between Great Britain and France but they were messing with your ships so he passed the Embargo act. This act closed the United States ports to trade with other countries, Even though this was unpopular with the U.S. public and it hurts us more than it did other countries.…
When Robert Livingston and James Monroe returned from Paris with the 1803 Louisiana Territory Purchase Treaty, President Thomas Jefferson was faced with a dilemma. Jefferson had sent Monroe to Paris to negotiate the purchase of New Orleans for $2 million. A treaty selling the United States all of the territory was another matter and posed Constitutional issues for the leader of a party that believed in strict construction (interpretation) of the Constitution. Jefferson and the Congress had already authorized the Lewis and Clark Expedition, but not with the intent of owning the vast lands.…
The two major achievements of Jefferson's presidency were the Louisiana Purchase and the abolition of the slave trade," according to historian John Chester Miller.…
Thomas Jefferson beneficially impacted the U.S. because he doubled the size of the U.S. in the 1800s. During the war in Europe against Napoleon, Napoleon, and America were negotiating the purchase of New Orleans, but due to economic struggles in France, with Napoleon up against a wall he proposed a new negotiation; he made a desperate idea that would benefit both parties offering up Louisiana. The negotiations included nearly doubling the size of America. Jefferson sent future president James Monroe to negotiate the terms of the purchase. History.com presents, “Negotiations moved swiftly, and at the end of April the U.S. envoys agreed to pay $11,250,000 and assume claims of American citizens against France of $3,750,000.”…
When Jefferson assumed his presidency he faced several foreign policy issues. One was the issue of British impressing our ships; they would take sailors from American ships and force them to serve in the British navy. One particular incident referred to as “The Leopard Affair” pushed Jefferson to enact the Embargo Act of 1807. Jefferson created this act in order to avoid war with Britain and to appease the public. He knew we would be no match against the British navy, so he figured we could protect ourselves from the English by way of this act. Although he had good intentions, Jefferson did not take into account the effect the Embargo Act would have on our country’s economy. Since the embargo act prevented us from trading with Britain and France, we suffered economically.…
Jefferson was fed up with the Barbary pirates. He knew the U.S. had to do something fast. It was too much money to constantly pay off the pirates. They needed to be defeated as soon as possible. The pirates were capturing U.S. citizens, and capturing ships.…
The Louisiana Purchase posed several significant moral dilemmas for President Thomas Jefferson, among these were political reality and strict constructionism. When Jefferson got offered the Louisiana territory from Napoleon he knew it was a great opportunity for the United States. It would double up the size of the United States and he would the ability to use the Mississippi River. He understood by expanding the United States would be very significant for the United States. But Jefferson did not have the power to purchase the Louisiana territory on his own. So, Jefferson had to purchase the Louisiana territory by asking Congress to approve the purchase. This is what caused a dilemma in his belief. Jefferson was always a very strict political stand point with Republic values.…
In 1804, President Thomas Jefferson sent an expedition to explore land obtained through the Louisiana Purchase. The group sent was called the Corps of Discovery, unearthing miles of land and discovering what they held. Ecologically, Lewis and Clark made countless discoveries regarding the flora and fauna of the land. Geographically, they were revolutionary in mapping and journaling. Socially, the expeditions of Lewis and Clark's interactions with the Native Americans greatly impacted the success of their journey. The Corps of Discovery, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, was revolutionary in increasing America's ecological, geographic, and social knowledge and understanding of the environment and who and what inhabited it.…
But, he again did have failures. A really big success was purchasing the Louisiana Territory. We purchased the territory from France while Jefferson was in office. Jefferson also drastically cut down federal power. People believed that the federal government had too much power over us. So Jefferson cut them off by a lot. Thomas Jefferson also owned slaves, just like George Washington. Owning slaves were also one of Jefferson’s failures. Jefferson also failed with the Embargo Act of 1807. He made the trading harder and more difficult. There was almost little to no…
Everyone leaves a mark. It could be anywhere on anything on anyone. These marks can be big or small. They can affect anyone in a different way. And so, they make an impression, an impression that does not go away. For many people these “marks” were in the arts, because the culture was so embedded into the arts. And from these arts, whether it was a painting or a book, there were a so-called glow that engulfed the people of this time. They were left, intentional or not, for the people who desperately needed it. Since the 1700’s and on being desperate times for the people, and when these marks found them they created a new path. For many, they came from literary works, bringing comfort and hope. Although, there were a variety of writers that…
A little over two centuries ago – with the briefest of negotiations and under leadership of President Thomas Jefferson – the United States doubled in size. The Louisiana Purchase was a deal that encompassed all of the territory between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, excluding Texas. At less than three cents per acre for 828,000 square miles, it was the greatest land bargain in U.S. history. A bargain that cemented Thomas Jefferson’s legacy as President, even though Jefferson would have been content with just buying the port of New Orleans. Precisely what the United States had purchased was unclear and the American negotiators were fully aware of this.…