History 103 *** AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877 *** Oct. 18, 1996

JEFFERSONIAN PARADOXES

I. War Scare and Domestic Repression

• XYZ Affair (1797-98)
• Quasi-War with France (1798-1800)
• Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)
• Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions (1798-99)

II. Election of 1800

• Electoral tie, Congressional outcome
• Federalist fears and precautions
• Jefferson's inaugural address

III. In Search of Thomas Jefferson

• Aristocrat as democrat
• Libertarian as slaveholder

IV. Dismantling the Federalist Establishment

• The Washington Community
• Jefferson's program and vision
• Louisiana Purchase (1803)

V. The Marshall Court, Marbury v. Madison, and Judicial Review

VI. From Peaceable Coercion to the War of 1812

• Chesapeake crisis (1807)
• Embargo (1807-1809)
• Madison's election (1808)
• Declaration of war (1812)
• Setbacks and dissension
• Hartford Convention (1814)
• Treaty of Ghent (1814)
• Battle of New Orleans (1815)

VII. "Era of Good Feelings"