Jefferson’s Revolution The election of 1800 marked the beginning of a 28-year period during which Republicans dominated national politics. Jefferson’s party won easily‚ in part because of the public outrage over the Federalist Alien and Sedition Acts; in many ways‚ the acts proved the undoing of the Federalist Party. The election was a protracted affair. All of the Republican electors had voted for both Jefferson and Burr‚ so that both candidates earned the same number of electoral votes for president
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closest advisors. During this confusing time of a new government finally in power‚ political parties also came about. By the election of John Adams‚ two factions had arisen with very different political values. The Republicans were led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. The Federalists were guided by Alexander Hamilton and counted President John Adams among their members. Hamilton‚ as a Federalist‚ believed primarily in a strong central government run mainly by upper-class citizens
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Vocabulary 1. Proclamation of 1763- A document issued by King George III to officially claim British territory in N. America after the Seven Years War. 2. Sugar Act- A law issued by the British government in 1764 taxing foreign fined sugar‚ coffee‚ indigo‚ and wine. 3. Stamp Act- an act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. 4. Sons of Liberty- Colonial group formed to protest
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loud‚ they were being heard. Women started asking for divorce‚ getting educated‚ they ran businesses and farms while the men were away at war‚ and property owners in New Jersey were even allowed to vote. Women with a voice were Abigail Adams‚ while her husband John Adams‚ was away at the Continental Congress‚ she told him to “…remember the ladies;” another woman was Lucy Knox‚ General Henry Knox’s wife. Upon his return from his military obligation‚ she warned him “I hope you will not consider yourself
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truth about the American Revolution. Howard Zinn had many opinions of the American Revolution. Many of Howard’s opinions were interesting and fluent. Howard also justifies his stances and shows how someone could oppose his points. In the stories John Adams broke the colonists into three different viewpoints of the war. One of the third is in approval‚ the second is in a opposing‚ the last is in a neutral state. But not everyone was included so then this became to be known as the United States‚ at
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Contagion of Liberty Contagion is defined as‚ “The spread of disease from close contact from one person to another.” Liberty is defined as “The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life”. So from those two definitions the Contagion of Liberty can have both a positive and negative connotations with it. When you think of the word liberty you think of positive things like freedom‚ our founding fathers‚ American dream‚ and therefore The
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In the 1790s‚ the United States was burdened by both domestic and foreign affairs. As the new nation began to develop‚ the relationship with France would fuel foreign affairs and the rise of political parties that would dominate domestic affairs even though the affairs at home were much more significant. The most important domestic issues were the struggles between the Jeffersonian Republicans and the Federalists. The Republicans wanted states’ rights and power to the people; whereas the Federalists
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Thomas Jefferson was elected president of the United States in 1801 representing the Democratic-Republican Party. During his inaugural address he declared "We are all Republicans; we are all Federalists." Follow Federalist president John Adams‚ Jefferson says this because he wanted a smooth transition of powers. With this quote he promised his people that he would compromise‚ if necessary‚ for the sake of unity and he backed up his words with his domestic and foreign policies. During his first years
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Alien and Sedition Acts | Historical Essay | | Emilee Lord | 8/25/2012 | A brief essay on the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 and why they were a poor decision by the United States’ young government. | When viewing the era of the Adams’ administration‚ with all the political turmoil that is associated with it‚ historians continually come to analyze one set of acts in particular‚ The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798‚ to try to determine whether or not these acts were a wise move on
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