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    The Jeffersonian Republicans: The Louisiana Purchase and the War of 1812; 1800–1823
    The Jeffersonian Republicans: The Louisiana Purchase and the War of 1812; 1800–1823
    The Jeffersonian Republicans: The Louisiana Purchase and the War of 1812; 1800–1823
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    The Jeffersonian Republicans: The Louisiana Purchase and the War of 1812; 1800–1823

    By Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier

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    History is dramatic—and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving illumination of the ideas, opinions, attitudes and tribulations that led to the birth of this great nation.

    The Jeffersonian Republicans examines various events between 1800 and 1823 that helped to shape the United States. The Louisiana Purchase, the War of 1812, and important Supreme Court decisions are among the discussed events.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlackstone Publishing
    Release dateJul 1, 2013
    ISBN9781620645055
    The Jeffersonian Republicans: The Louisiana Purchase and the War of 1812; 1800–1823
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    Christopher Collier

    Christopher Collier is an author and historian. He attended Clark University and Columbia University, where he earned his PhD. He was the official Connecticut State Historian from 1984 to 2004 and is now professor of history emeritus at the University of Connecticut. He is the brother of James Lincoln Collier, with whom he has written a number of novels, most of which are based on historic events. His books have been nominated for several awards, including the Newbery Honor and the Pulitzer Prize.

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      The Jeffersonian Republicans - Christopher Collier

      SERIES

      PREFACE

      OVER MANY YEARS of both teaching and writing for students at all levels, from grammar school to graduate school, it has been borne in on us that many, if not most, American history textbooks suffer from trying to include everything of any moment in the history of the nation. Students become lost in a swamp of factual information, and as a consequence lose track of how those facts fit together and why they are significant and relevant to the world today.

      In this series, our effort has been to strip the vast amount of available detail down to a central core. Our aim is to draw in bold strokes, providing enough information, but no more than is necessary, to bring out the basic themes of the American story, and what they mean to us now. We believe that it is surely more important for students to grasp the underlying concepts and ideas that emerge from the movement of history, than to memorize an array of facts and figures.

      The difference between this series and many standard texts lies in what has been left out. We are convinced that students will better remember the important themes if they are not buried under a heap of names, dates, and places.

      In this sense, our primary goal is what might be called citizenship education. We think it is critically important for America as a nation and Americans as individuals to understand the origins and workings of the public institutions that are central to American society. We have asked ourselves again and again what is most important for citizens of our democracy to know so they can most effectively make the system work for them and the nation. For this reason, we have focused on political and institutional history, leaving social and cultural history less well developed.

      This series is divided into volumes that move chronologically through the American story. Each is built around a single topic, such as the Pilgrims, the Constitutional Convention, or immigration. Each volume has been written so that it can stand alone, for students who wish to research a given topic. As a consequence, in many cases material from previous volumes is repeated, usually in abbreviated form, to set the topic in its historical context. That is to say, students of the Constitutional Convention must be given some idea of relations with England, and why the Revolution was fought, even though the material was covered in detail in a previous volume. Readers should find that each volume tells an entire story that can be read with or without reference to other volumes.

      Despite our belief that it is of the first importance to outline sharply basic concepts and generalizations, we have not neglected the great dramas of American history. The stories that will hold the attention of students are here, and we believe they will help the concepts they illustrate to stick in their minds. We think, for example, that knowing of Abraham Baldwin's brave and dramatic decision to vote with the small states at the Constitutional Convention will bring alive the Connecticut Compromise, out of which grew the American Senate.

      Each of these volumes has been read by esteemed specialists in its particular topic; we have benefited from their comments.

      CHAPTER I: A CONTESTED ELECTION

      THE PERIOD OF American history from 1800, when Thomas Jefferson was elected president, to 1817, when James Madison left office, was a momentous one. There occurred during this period at least three major events which were to shape in dramatic ways the America we are living in now.

      For one, the election of 1800, which pitted Jefferson against John Adams, was the first hard-fought one in which two factions with very different ideas of what the U.S. government should do struggled for power. George Washington had been selected automatically without opposition in the first two presidential elections, and his vice president, John Adams, had succeeded him without much of a fight. But the 1800 campaign was one of the most vicious in American history. The question was, would the men in power who had lost the election now turn over their offices to the winners, who had very different ideas about where the nation ought to go? Peaceful transfer of power had not been done often in the long history of governments.

      For another, during these years the United States acquired the huge piece of land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains now known as the Louisiana Purchase. It more than doubled the size of the United States. Several European nations had long eyed this vast territory, home to tens of thousands of Indians but virtually unexplored by Europeans. If the United States had not bought this land, a lot of it might have been seized by other nations. England, from its trading posts in Canada, was claiming what are now Oregon and Washington. Spain for generations had been settling California and the Southwest. Both France and Spain had claims to the newly bought land. Had the Louisiana Purchase not been made, it is entirely possible that Oregon, Washington, and perhaps other states like Idaho and Montana might be part of Canada. Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, and other places might be part of a French-speaking nation. The rest of the Southwest might be a group of Hispanic nations. And California might be divided between Mexico and Russia.

      One of the hardest-fought elections, with much slander spewed forth by both sides, occurred in 1800 between John Adams of the Federalists (left) and Thomas Jefferson of the Republicans (right). In a general sense, these two factions were the basis for the creation of American political parties in subsequent elections.

      Last, the period saw the inconclusive battling between the United States and England that we call

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