reduced the requirement of 14 years of residence to the previous 5 years for immigrants to qualify for US citizenship | ||
passed by the departing federalist congress, it created 16 new federal judgeships ensuring a federalist hold on the judiciary | ||
federal justices appointed by john adams during the last days of his presidency. their positions were revoked when the newly elected republican congress repealed the judiciary act | ||
-chief justice of the supreme court; appointed by john adams -He served under presidents including Jefferson and others for 34 years. -He shaped the American legal tradition more than any other person. | ||
-judge who salary was cut by james madison,new secretary of state. -marbury sued James Madison for pay which in the end he recieved. -the decision showed that the Supreme Court had the final authority in determining the meaning of the Constitution. | ||
the idea that the supreme court alone had the last word on the question of constitutionality | ||
supreme court justice in which jefferson tried to urge impeachment in retailiation of Marshall's decision regarding Marbury. the senate failed to muster enough votes to convict and remove chase | ||
four-year conflict between the American Navy and the North African nation of tripoli over piracy in the mediterranean. jefferson, a staunch noninterventionist, relunctantly deployed american forces, eventually securing a peace treaty with tripoli | ||
-sent by jefferson to paris to join forces with the regular minister there, robert r livingston. -established a treaty with the french for louisiana | ||
-minster of paris -signed a treaty with james monroe ceding Louisiana to the United States for $15 million | ||
-self-educates ex-slave and military genius -led a rebellion of enslaved africans. inspired by the french revolution promises of equality | ||
acquistion of louisana territory from france. the purchase more than doubled the territory of the United States, opening vast tracts for settlements | ||
-personal secretary of jefferson sent to explore northern part of the Louisiana purchase -purpose was to establish good relations with indians in the lousiana purchase -yeilded a rich harvest of scientific observations, maos, knowledge of the indians in the region, and hairaising wilderness stories | ||
-personal secretary of jefferson sent to explore northern part of the Louisiana purchase -purpose was to establish good relations with indians in the lousiana purchase -yeilded a rich harvest of scientific observations, maos, knowledge of the indians in the region, and hairaising wilderness stories | ||
Shoshone woman who served as a guide an interpreter for the lewis and clark expedition | ||
-jefferson's first term vice president -dropped from cabinet in jeffersons 2nd term and join with a group of federalist to plot secession of new england and new york -killed hamilton in duel | ||
-the corrupt military governor of Louisiana Territory - made plans with Burr to separate the western part of the United States from the East and expand their new confederacy with invasions of Spanish-controlled Mexico and Florida -betrayed Burr when he learned that Jefferson knew of the plot and fled to new orleans | ||
edicts issued by the british crown closing frencj-owned european ports to foreign shipping. the french responded by ordering the seizure of all vessels entering british ports, thereby cutting off american merchants from trade with both parties | ||
act of forcibly drafting an individual into military service, employed by the british navy against american seamen in times of war against france, 1793-1815. | ||
american ship in which the british fired on off the coast of virginia developing a conflict between britain and the US (chesapeake affair) | ||
enacted in response to british and french mistreatment of american merchants, the act banned the export of all goods from the Us to any foreign port. the embargo placed great strains on the american econonmy while only marginally affecting its european targets, and was therfore repealed in 1809. | ||
passed alondside the repeal of the embargo act, it reopeaned trade with all but the two belligerent nations, britain and frence. the act continued jefferson's policy of economic coercion, still with little effect | ||
-became president on march 4, 1809 -crippled as president by factions within his party and his cabinet and unable to dominate congress. -convinced by napoleon to give Britain 3 months to lift its Orders in Council | ||
-reopened American trade with the entire world -aimed at resuming peaceful ttrade with britain and france, the act stipulated that if either britain or france repealed its trade restrictions on British ports, the US would reinstate the embargo against the nonrepealing nation. when napoleon offerd to lift his restrictions on the british ports, the US was forced to declare an embargo on Britain, thereby pushing the two nations closer towards war | ||
-governor of the Indiana territory -defeated the Shawnee at the Battle of Tippecanoe | ||
resulted in the defeat of Shawnee chief tenskwatawa, "the prophet" at the hands william henery harrison in the indiana wilderness. after the battle, the prophet's brother, tecumseh, forged an alliance with the british against the US |
Ch 11: the triumphs & travails of the jeffersonian republic
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