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With the act, Jefferson planned to force France and England, who both depended on American trade, to respect America and its citizens, who had been killed and captured by both countries. The embargo significantly hurt the profits of U.S. merchants and was consequently hated by Americans.
The Jeffersonian “Revolution of 1800”. Thomas Jefferson won the election of 1800 by a majority of 73. electoral votes to 65, and even though Adams got more popular votes, Jefferson got New York. But, even though Jefferson triumphed, in a. technicality he and Aaron Burr tied for presidency.
The links provide detailed summaries on American/US history from one of the most popular US History textbooks in the United States. This edition was released in 2015, and it covers history in the United States from 33,000 B.C. to 2014. Chapter 1 - New World Beginnings.
The Jeffersonian ‘Revolution of 1800. Jefferson beats Adams in election and calls this the “Revolution of 1800”. o Tie between Adams and Jefferson but House votes for Jefferson. o Jefferson’s mission was to check government power and to halt the decay of civic. virtue under Federalist rule.
“the Father of the American Navy.” Thrown on the defensive, the Federalists concen-trated their fire on Jefferson himself, who became the victim of one of America’s earliest “whispering cam-paigns.” He was accused of having robbed a widow and her children of a trust fund and of having fathered
Chapter 11 - The Triumphs and Travails of Jeffersonian Republic. Chapter 12 - The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism. Chapter 13 - The Rise of Mass Democracy. Chapter 14 - Forging the National Economy. Chapter 15 - The Ferment of Reform and Culture. Chapter 16 - The South and the Slavery Controversy.
Federalists fought back with a smear-campaign of Jefferson. Federalists charged Jefferson robbed a widow of her trust fund, fathered mulatto children (which turned out to be true), and of being an atheist (he was actually a Deist). The Jeffersonian “Revolution of 1800”.
