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The outcome of the presidential election in 1800 was decided by balloting in the .
Thomas Jefferson, who derived his political philosophy from the ideas of the , believed that society could be improved by the application of human reason.
Thomas Jefferson distrusted Alexander Hamilton's admiration for society, and he was delighted to see the French Revolution strike a blow against tyranny.
In Thomas Jefferson's first term in the presidency, Republicans repealed the Federalist's excise taxes and allowed the Acts to expire, but they did not destroy Hamilton's national bank.
In the waning hours of his presidency, John Adams used the to appoint many Federalists as new judges. The new Republican Congress immediately repealed the act.
The significance of the case of lies in the fact that it established the power of the federal judiciary to invalidate federal laws.
President Jefferson acquired the Louisiana Territory from in 1803 for $15 million.
During Jefferson's presidency, a group of die-hard Federalists in New England, called the , began to consider secession from the United States.
killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel that was provoked by their differences over New York state politics.
In 1803, President Jefferson commissioned an expedition led by to explore the Louisiana Territory to the Pacific Ocean.
Thomas Jefferson was deeply committed to the concept of , believing the republic was safe in the hands of America's many yeomen farmers.
Republican leader, of Roanoke, was a constant critic of President Jefferson's departures from Republican party principles.
Parliament responded to Napoleon's economic warfare against Britain by blockading most continental ports and requiring vessels trading in to first pay customs duties in England.
In 1806, a British court declared that Americans could not legally transship and reexport colonial goods as neutral goods on American ships, because doing so violated the .
The 1807 Act severely damaged New England's commerce, the nation's prosperity, and President Jefferson's popularity.