Marbury v. Madison
- established a mechanism to use the judicial review power
- Judiciary Act of 1801 repealed
- midnight appts. Not delivered
- power shifted from Feds. to Dem-Reps.
- Marshall declared “writ of mandamus” unconstitutional, gave him a huge power
The Jeffersonian Revolution
- took down whiskey tax, because it targeted farmers
- regressive tax- harms poor people rather than rich people more
Impeachment of Federal Judges
- John Pickering- vocal about his Fed view, drank a lot
- Samuel Chase- vocal anti-DR. impeached in the House
Barbary Coast Pirates
William Eaton- Jefferson and Marines get North African pirates to back off of the US
Louisiana Purchase
- sold by Napoleon for $15 million, needed quick $ for his war
- Feds. didn’t want to buy it, would give more farmer land who would vote Democratic Republican
- Napoleon used as an HQ for food and easy travel to Haiti
Burr-Hamilton Duel
- Hamilton took presidency and governorship away from Burr
- Burr wanted a duel, Hamilton shot in the air, Burr shot above hip, got away with murder
- Burr wanted to be the emperor of the Louisiana Purchase with Gen. Wilkinson
Factors to War of 1812
Battle of Austerlitz- French dominant on land
Battle of Trafalgar- British dominant on sea
-weren’t going to attack ok the other’s strong point
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
HMS attacks USS and kills and impressments are done, act of war
Embargo Act of 1807
- Jefferson signed to shut off all foreign trade
- to keep neutrality
- to teach Europe a lesson
- vessels said they were blown off course when arriving in European ports
Non-Intercourse Act
- we will open trade except Britain France Spain
- doesn’t work, most $ comes from Britain
Macon’s Bill No. 2 of 1810
If you recognize our neutrality, we will trade with you.
-benefits France, Britain mad and won’t stop impressments
Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa
Tec.- military
Ten.- speech
-1811 Tippecanoe- British giving guns to Indians, we MAD
War Hawks- 1810
- Dem-Reps. who wanted war ti solve all diplomatic problems
- gain land by invading Canada
- 3 invasions on Canada, with DoW
- on 3rd invasion, oars were forgotten
Causes of the Era of Good Feelings
- 3 pronged British attack left our capitol in ruins
- Treaty of Ghent
- Hartford Convention
Treaty of Ghent
- ended War of 1812
- British left western posts
- no more buffer state
Hartford Convention
1 repeal 3/5 Compromise
2 call 2/3 vote to admit states, war
3 president only has 1 term
4 naturalized citizens cant hold offic
Era of Good Feelings
- Panic of 1819
- issue of how much $ per acre
- west want cheap land
- NE and South- people leave wages go up
Panic of 1819
- absence of national bank for 5 yrs.
- peace from war in Europe
Rush-Bagot Treaty
Limited # of ships that could be docked in the Great Lakes by America and Britain
Anglo-American Treayy
Set 49*N Lat, from lake to Oregon Country which was settled by joint occupancy.
Adams-Onis Treaty
Jackson kills British officers
-Calhoun says blame Jackson, Adams says blame Spain, Spain gives US Florida if we see 3 rivers as border of Mexican Territory
Monroe Doctrine
“A very loud bark from a very small dog”
-by Adams 1 no new European colonies 2 Europe can't trade with us 3 US out of foreign affairs -Britain said oh yeah you counties do that, we say NO, leave
Henry Clay’s American System
1 high protective tariff
2 strong Bank of Untied States
3 Federal funds for internal improvements
-Pan-Americanism
Tariff of 1816
- last time south allows high tariff
- South America with Pan-Am.
