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What I learned in this chapter 6 section 1 was that the house of representatives helped break the tie in the vote for president for Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. 73 people voted for both so that was the votes before house of representatives intervened. There were two major parties federalist and Republicans the federalist elected John Adams for a second term and Charles Pinckney from South Carolina And the Republicans voted for Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr for vice president.Jefferson tried to win the election for reaching out for federalist say this quote “a wise and frugal economical government”and “the support of state governments in all their rights. When Jefferson was elected president in 1801 federal government consist only of …show more content…
After Thomas Jefferson was at the office he them made the government the way that he thought was right and the way he wanted the government to function. In February 1801 Judiciary act expands court system And the in March 1802 Jefferson is inaugurated and in 1803 Marbury v Madison sets precedent for judicial review.The presidency of Thomas Jefferson launched a new era A time of many changes and a rapid growth for the new nation. The election of 1800 showed that power in the United States could be peacefully even though there are disagreements in the political parties the election showed this because the Republican party finally one after everyone liked the federalist party Better. Jefferson worked to limit the scope of the federal government and shift control of the federal courts away from the Federalists. One of the main ideas was that the Republicans tries to make the federalist trust in them and try to make them feel that they won't weakening America when they rule so the Republicans tried to adjusted the republican mixed to shows that the republicans are not only republicans but they are also

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