- Republican Values:
- Limit role of Feds in favor of local control and state gov.
- Favored decentralized, agrarian government – farmers, wage earners, common folk.
- Ideal citizen = yeoman farmer
- Constitution – Strict Constructionist
- Rule by “educated” masses
- Pro-French
- Bill of rights sacred
- VA-KY resolves = states can nullify federal laws
- Opposed Hamilton’s BEFAT
- Vision of US as an agricultural society with self-sufficient farmers, little trade, free from city mobs.
- Yes:
- Displayed image of simple, agrarian man/president
- Dismantled aura of powerful pres. – written address to Congress (rather than in person - not a king)
- Reverse trend of ballooning gov. spending and decreased taxes.
- Abolished internal taxes (Hamilton's Whiskey tax)
- Cut staffing
- Cut national debt in half
- Reduced size of army
- Small navy (trade secondary to agriculture)
- General support for France
- Embargo Act of 1807 – negatively effected trade more than agriculture.
- Pardoned editors arrested through Sedition Act (John Adams administration)
- Alien law removed for easier naturalization (immigrants tend to be supporters of Dem.-Rep.)
- No:
- Used position to appoint fellow Republicans and loyal supporters (favoring the elite and their friends).
- Established military academies at Westpoint
- Increased Navy when necessary (Tripolitan War, Barbary pirates)
- Removed judges who opposed his policies
- Proposes/prepares for war against France and alliance with GB
- Louisiana Purchase
- Embargo Act – forceful national government
- Kept most of Hamilton’s BEFAT
2. The War of 1812
3. The Marshall Court - Essential Supreme Court cases
- Marbury v. Madison (1803)
- McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
- Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
1. Know to major impact of:
- Marbury v. Madison (1803)
- McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
- Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
3. Explain the Missouri Compromise
- Who?
- Why?
- Impact?
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