Thomas Jefferson's presidency started with the Revolution of 1800, the first time political parties sent candidates and campaigned. He managed to stabilize and empower the people of the United States during his two terms as president. One of his major accomplishments was cleared the Revolutionary debt the US incurred. He did this by putting his frugal/simple economic plan into effect, reducing the navy to several ships and the army down to small militias. This was one of his 3 main goals at the start of his presidency that he accomplished. He also spent $15 million in acquiring the Louisiana Territory from a war-weary Napoleon Bonaparte. This doubled the size of the US Overnight and he went to work by sending expeditions westward and incorporating the people. This was important because previously, people had simply pushed past the boundary illegally or squatted, thus stabilizing the nation. Jefferson also nixed Adam's and Washington's monarchial lives by not using a horse-drawn carriage or being called "Majesty" and gave more power to the states. As a strict-constructionist, he believed all powers not given to the federal government belonged to the states. This was important because…
Jefferson wanted the interactions with the Indians to be civilized and no violence. In a letter written by Thomas Jefferson to Meriwether Lewis on June 20, 1803 Jefferson wrote, “In all your interactions with the natives, treat them in the most friendly and conciliatory manner.” Jefferson basically wanted to make friends and peace with the Indians to make trading down the road easier and maybe make a more civilized society with knowing their morality, religion, and knowledge.…
Thomas Jefferson believed that accurate information about Native Americans was essential in order to shape a peaceful environment for both groups of people. President Jefferson had always maintained an interest in Indian culture and way of…
Furthermore, if his objective is to favor the working landowner over the political and financial opportunists that seem to flourish in large central governments, he needed to temporarily use the authority of his central office to expand the decentralized territories that would indeed support the landowners and local laborers. By today’s standards Thomas Jefferson was a strict idealist. His variations from his belief were rare but when he did vary, he did it in a grand way as in the purchase of the Louisiana territory.…
Early in Jefferson’s first term, he had a vision for what the government should look like. He wanted a government without Federalists and Federalists Acts. Through these new plans he gave the factions more influence and raised taxes, which goes against his…
Thomas Jefferson was a very important person in American history. He was arguably the most influential in the early United States. He was the principle writer of the Declaration of Independence, the Vice President, and eventually, the President of the United States.…
Jefferson was fed up with the Barbary pirates. He knew the U.S. had to do something fast. It was too much money to constantly pay off the pirates. They needed to be defeated as soon as possible. The pirates were capturing U.S. citizens, and capturing ships.…
Thomas Jefferson’s views changed from when he was Secretary of State and from when he was President. When he was Secretary of State he thought that the Indians should just be left alone, but when he became president he changed and kicked the Indians of their land so the people of America would lean more towards him as a President.…
In 1800 when Thomas Jefferson became the President, he recognized major changes in the US government. The Federalist Party was weakening at a high rate. Jefferson’s views and opinions were very from the Federalist Party. He believed in a smaller government and a more equal economy for all classes. During his presidency, his greatest achievement was most likely the Louisiana Purchase. This is where for only 15 million dollars; the United States purchased a large region of land left of the Mississippi from the Spanish. Although Louisiana was an incredible price, it was not good enough for the Republican territorial. The territories were too vague. Jefferson pushed ahead his plans to gain West Florida, but his attempts failed. Jefferson…
In order to get rid of the Alien and Sedition Acts that, pro federalist, John Adams created, Jefferson developed these resolutions to restore self-government to each state itself. The Compact Theory was the main basis for the Kentucky Resolutions. This theory stated that the individual states were the final judge of the federal governments actions. In Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address, held in Washington D.C (Doc H), he stated, “We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.” This shows that no matter what your opinion was, America was still one country with the same principles. Jefferson knew that despite the Federalist opinions, everyone possesses the same equal rights. Not only was he able to change the presidency from a strong Federalist party to a Republic-Democratic party, he also demonstrated new ways to act as president. For example, instead of bowing to guests he introduced the custom of shaking hands with one another. He placed his guests at a round table to show that there was no seat more important than the other. Also, instead of addressing Congress in person, he simply sent a message. He strived to get as far away from acting like a monarch as…
Jefferson strived to attain an efficient economy, and broaden the country’s territory. Jefferson’s anti-federalist stance determined reduced government spending on the military. He felt that if the government were to be involved in the daily lives of citizens, then they should avoid taxing the people. He cut government spending on the army and navy because he believed that it was illogical to spend money on something that was not apparent of happening. Furthermore, his beliefs of small centralized government initiated the idea that to procure a large military would commence war. By regulating military spending, the government was capable of focusing on other aspects of economic spending. Jefferson felt that government spending on the military…
1. The grievance that stands out the most to me is the one where The King kept standing armies among the colonies even in times of peace. To keep an army in the States shows that The King never wanted the colonies to be equal to Great Britain. The fact that The King never respected any attempt from the colonies to establish a government and would repeatedly dissolve Representative Houses is surprising to me. The way that Thomas Jefferson lists these charges leads me to believe that Great Britain would just assume the colonies not exist outside of being subjects to the throne. Thomas Jefferson wrote, “ He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.” This makes it evident that The King would destroy the system of government that the colonies tried to institute. The King would then take his time in…
The first part will be about Thomas Jefferson’s ideas for America. He wanted to expand lands from Mississippi where red people or Indians lived in. Jefferson wrote that he would give all the best for Indians. He convinced them to live in peaceful together. He would give many benefits for them it they were friendly and listening to him. He said that he did not like a war that could happen if Indians attacked and against U.S. government. They had to follow the policies that the president or the Congress suggested to them. Government accepted their conditions, which could were accepted and done well. He promised with red people that they would become his children, and he would like to take well care their lives if they lived in together. He would like to show the development of cities that he could do for them, and telling that friendships of white people would give to Indians. He gave them two chooses that first was a war with the government, or second was lived in peaceful with many benefits from government. From him, his country was kindly and nice to everyone. Anyone lived in his country would live in peaceful and freedom.…
But within that land was Indian Territory that wasn’t Jefferson’s to purchase. Movement for the revitalization of the Indian life and culture arose from the Creeks, Cherokees, Shawnees, Iroquois, and other tribes. War against the whites were heavily encouraged by two Shawnee brothers, Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa (a prophet who called for complete separation from the whites).…
The purpose of the document was to declare independence from England, highlighting on ideas such as the consent of the governed, the pursuit of happiness, and all men being created equal ("Creating the United States, Creating the Declaration of Independence."). Though many believe when saying all men are created equal Jefferson was including all of humanity, considering the circumstances at the time it’s incredibly unlikely. Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776. At this time, Native Americans had been pushed off of their land in the east and forced to move to the west. This brought death into many of the communities, and loss of all the land and resources they’d come to own and depend on. The tragedy the Native Americans faced was at the benefit of white colonizers. In the same year that Jefferson wrote the Declaration, he wrote to a friend that hostile Indians should be destroyed (Takaki, 2008). The Indians only were deemed hostile based on their race and way of living that wasn’t similar to white peoples. If he considered Native Americans equal to white men, would he have blamed them for their own decline or advocated for their extermination? Jefferson was also a slave owner, owning 267 slaves by the year 1822 (Takaki, 2008). When looking at the facts, Jefferson was not inclusive of all people when speaking of all men. The…