Territorial Expansion
Tension in Expansion
It as a simple morning on the 4th of March 1801, when Thomas Jefferson gave his oath to office in the Capitol Building. A distilled feeling of uncertainty, as America put into office a Democratic-Republican, who caused tension to the federalist party after previously congress had issued the Alien and Sedition Acts. These acts enforced the deportation and imprisonment of illegal aliens by the President from the United States. To counter the acts, Jefferson and James Madison, secretary of state at the time, passed the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions which connotes that states have the right to consider constitutional the federal policy. At the rise of a new century, Jefferson’s inaugural address to a premature nation would officially illustrate America’s ambitions. He emphasized in his speech the importance of having both political parties set aside their beliefs and join together for the good of the Republic. The concept of Manifest Destiny has always been accepted by the mind most Americans, but the manner we achieve it has not always been the cleanest. Jefferson’s address viewed expansion in his address, as a means of “preserving and protecting the American Nation.” The mid-19th century political parties that questioned expansion all helped influence the government policies created before the Civil War.
Over the decades to come several events would influence the supporters and opponents of territorial expansion to impact the federal government policy. Soon after the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson, the Louisiana Purchase was made on April 30, 1803 giving a land mass the size of Alaska to the US. The price of the land was extremely low price due to the heavy debt Napoleon’s war torn France was under with Britain. The acquisition of the this land mass, was considered by the democratic republicans an extension to the empire. Federalist on the other hand felt otherwise. Federalist James Elliot argued that, “The
It as a simple morning on the 4th of March 1801, when Thomas Jefferson gave his oath to office in the Capitol Building. A distilled feeling of uncertainty, as America put into office a Democratic-Republican, who caused tension to the federalist party after previously congress had issued the Alien and Sedition Acts. These acts enforced the deportation and imprisonment of illegal aliens by the President from the United States. To counter the acts, Jefferson and James Madison, secretary of state at the time, passed the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions which connotes that states have the right to consider constitutional the federal policy. At the rise of a new century, Jefferson’s inaugural address to a premature nation would officially illustrate America’s ambitions. He emphasized in his speech the importance of having both political parties set aside their beliefs and join together for the good of the Republic. The concept of Manifest Destiny has always been accepted by the mind most Americans, but the manner we achieve it has not always been the cleanest. Jefferson’s address viewed expansion in his address, as a means of “preserving and protecting the American Nation.” The mid-19th century political parties that questioned expansion all helped influence the government policies created before the Civil War.
Over the decades to come several events would influence the supporters and opponents of territorial expansion to impact the federal government policy. Soon after the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson, the Louisiana Purchase was made on April 30, 1803 giving a land mass the size of Alaska to the US. The price of the land was extremely low price due to the heavy debt Napoleon’s war torn France was under with Britain. The acquisition of the this land mass, was considered by the democratic republicans an extension to the empire. Federalist on the other hand felt otherwise. Federalist James Elliot argued that, “The