I. The Revolution of 1800

Jefferson’s inauguration

Reforming the government

II. Jefferson and the Courts

Scaling back the federal system

The Marshall Court

III. Territorial Expansion

Impact of agriculture - migration

The Louisiana Purchase (1803)

The Expedition of Lewis and Clark (1804-1806)

IV. Imperial Rivalries: The Road to War

Indian resistance: Tenskwatawa, Tecumseh and Tippecanoe

Jefferson’s trade embargo

Impressment

“War Hawks” in Congress

V. The War of 1812

Madison declares war 1812 (pressure from South and West)

U.S. unprepared:

Failed invasion of Canada

Smuggling continues

Indians allied with British (Red Sticks; Battle of Horseshoe Bend, March 1814)

British in Chesapeake: burn D.C.; attack Baltimore

New England threatens secession: the Hartford Convention

Jackson defeats British at New Orleans (Jan. 1815)

Western land purchases and exploration

Indian reaction to western expansion

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