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AGE OF JEFFERSON
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AGE OF JEFFERSON
A New Direction in Government
* repeal of the Alien and Sedition Act,
taxes on land, stamps and alcohol.
* pay down the national debt
* cuts in the army and navy
* streamlined th bureaucracy
* federal land sales increased with
westward settelement
*
Louisiana Territory
Here Comes the Judge
Changed the role of the Supreme Court
Four Part Legacy:
* Judicial Review
* Federal Laws were superior
to state laws
* broad interpretation of the
Constitution
* limited power of states to
interfere with business
Jefferson's Troubles
Backlash from the Embargo
Barbary War
Morocco, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli
American sailors were unemployed.
farmers could no longer export goods.
Northern merchants lost income.
Embargo of 1807
Due to increased impressment by the British on American sailors, the US decided to take action against the British.
the embargo would cease shipping with the British. This, Jefferson hoped, would economically hurt the British.
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