a) Federalists versus the anti-Federalists where Hamilton supports a central gov’t and Jefferson supports the state’s and people’s rights
2) Federalist and Republican Mudslingers
a) The Federalists were mad at John Adams for not allowing them to declare war against France, but they ran up the debt with the war preparations, which established new taxes
i) The Federalists already had many enemies due to the Sedition & Alien Act
b) Federalists fought back against Jefferson by accusing him of being the father of many mulatto children, and stealing his wife and children’s trust funds
i) He tried to separate the church and the state in Virginia
3) The Jeffersonian “Revolution of 1800”
a) Jefferson won the electoral college …show more content…
ii) Aaron Burr altered New York to the Jefferson, but there was a tie between him and Jefferson, in which the House of Representatives was in need to break it
• There was a tie again since many Federalists disliked Jefferson since he was an anti-Federalist, so they voted for Burr
b) John Adams was the last of Federalist president in the US and the group dissolved
c) Jefferson called the elections of 1800 a revolution like the American Revolution
i) Since Hamilton and Adams went against the ideals in 1776, Jefferson’s goal was to examine the government’s power, destroy the influence of the Federalist rule, and restore republican ii) This was rather peaceful of transferring power and was considered an achievement
4) Responsibility Breeds Moderation
a) Jefferson, aka the Red Fox, was commenced as president on May 4, 1801
b) In his inaugural address, he addressed that there must be moderation between the Federalists and Republicans, everyone has their own right and if violated, he/she will be punished, and there would be no entanglement between other nations, only friendships
c) Jefferson established pell-mell rule at dinners, which allowed seating anywhere regardless of your ranking and British minister felt …show more content…
They were ready for war
i) They were also known as War Hawks ii) They wanted to push and dissolve the Indian threats against the pioneer settlers. Many Indians were pushed out of the outskirts, so whites could settle easily
b) Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa, the Shawnee brothers, were Indian’s opposition that urged Indians to resign itself from textile clothing and for buckskin garments instead
i) They also convinced many Indians not to give up their land to the whites unless each of the Indians had accepted
c) The brothers were viewed as a threat and Battle of Tippecanoe was fought against the governor of Indiana, William Henry Harrison
i) The Prophet was killed, and Harrison was known to be the hero
d) After the war, Tecumseh was forced to make an alliance with the British and was killed later in the Battle of Thames
15) Mr. Madison’s War
a) In the spring of 1812, people thought that the war was inevitable and unavoidable. The War Hawks chanted for war and dissolve the Indians
b) Madison declared war with the consent of the Congress, in belief that it would help reinstate the Republican