Chapter Eight The Jeffersonians in Power, 1800-1815

1. Chapter EightThe Jeffersonians in Power, 1800-1815 America and Its Peoples: A Mosaic In The Making, 5th ed. Martin, Roberts, Mintz, McMurry, and Jones

2. Barbary StatesThomas Jefferson’s first foreign-policy crisis occurred when he refused to pay tribute to the Barbary States for the release of hostages captured by Algerian pirates. Instead, he sent eight ships to enforce a blockade of Tripoli.

3. The Louisiana Purchase and Route of Louis and ClarkNo one realized how much territory Jefferson had acquired through the Louisiana Purchase until Lewis and Clark explored the far West.

5. The War of 1812

6. Indian Land CessionsBefore the War of 1812, Native Americans had already ceded much of the land to the federal government.