Chapter 8, 9, & 10 notes Jefferson elected President in 1800 beginning of the Republican ascendancy and the beginning of the end of the Federalists repealed the Alien and Sedition Acts he hated all taxes and repealed almost all on the federal rolls to pay for them he cut the national budget severely and closed several American embassies in Europe Jefferson and his Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin believed that the entire cost government could be borne by Customs duties, but this would only hold true as long as commerce and trade flourished which would provide sufficient revenue he also cut the military, especially the Navy, where he retired a majority of the ships and left only 3,000 soldiers to protect the frontier