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President Thomas Jefferson. Marbury v. Madison (1803). WHO: William Marbury and James Madison WHAT: A landmark case in the United States Law. WHEN: Argued on February 11, 1803 Decided on Februrary 24, 1803 WHERE: Supreme Court of the United States. Marbury v. Madison (1803).
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Marbury v. Madison (1803) • WHO: William Marbury and James Madison • WHAT: A landmark case in the United States Law. • WHEN: Argued on February 11, 1803 Decided on Februrary 24, 1803 • WHERE: Supreme Court of the United States
Marbury v. Madison (1803) • Significance: • It is responsible for forming the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution. • Judicial Review is the ability of the Judiciary Branch to declare a law unconstitutional. • The decision helped define the boundary between the constitutionally separate executive and judicial branches of the American form of government.
Louisiana Purchase • WHO: United States and France were involved. • WHAT: The acquisition by the U.S.A of 828,000 square miles of France’s claim to the territory of Louisiana. • The U.S. paid $11,250,000 plus the cancellation of debts worth about $3,750,000 for a total sum of 15 million dollars. They paid 3 cents per acre for the territory. • In 2011, it would have been 219 million dollars for 42 cents per acre. • WHEN: 1803-1804
Louisiana Purchase • WHERE: Encompassed all or parts of 15 current U.S. States and two Canadian Provinces. • The land purchased contained all of the present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. Parts of Minnesota that were west of the Mississippi River were also included along with most of North Dakota and nearly all of South Dakota. • Northwestern New Mexico, Northern Texas and Louisiana west of the Mississippi River were apart of the purchase as well. • SIGNIFICANCE: This land deal was one of the greatest achievements of Thomas Jefferson’s term as the third president because it more than doubled the size of the United States.
Lewis and Clark • WHO: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark • WHAT: The first transcontinental expedition to the Pacific Coast by the United States. • WHERE: The Pacific Coast • WHEN: 1804-1806 • WHY: They wanted to study the areas plants, animal life, and geography. • They also wanted to discover how the region could be exploited economically. • According to Jefferson, one of his goals were to find a "direct and practicable water communication across this continent, for the purposes of commerce with Asia.”
Burr Conspiracy • WHO: Aaron Burr • WHAT: An unsuccessful attempt by the former Vice President, Aaron Burr, to take over land in the West and ultimately form his own country with him as the Dictator.WHEN: 1804-1807 • WHERE: The United States: • SIGNIFICANCE: There are two sides to the Burr conspiracy. • If the correspondence with the foreign ministers of Great Britain and Spain are taken at face value, Burr was attempting to secure a treasonous separation of the West from the Union. • He was hoping that it would result in him being the leader of a new western empire. • On the other hand, it is quite possible that Burr's communication with the foreign ministers was simply an attempt to capitalize on Great Britain's and Spain's hatred of the new American Republic. • Also, some believe that he wanted to make sure that the funds that would allow him to begin an expedition against the Spanish territory of Mexico. Whatever the precise nature of this scheme, it is clear that expansion and conquest of the west were at his heart.
Barbary States • WHO: The United States and the Barbary States of Northern Africa. These were Tripoli and Algiers, which belonged to the Ottoman Empire. • WHAT: A series of wars between the two countries because of the Barbary pirates. • WHEN: 1801-1805 • WHERE: Mediterranean Sea and the Coast of Barbary • Modern day Libya, Tunisia and Algeria.
Barbary States • SIGNIFICANCE: • The U.S. had been paying tribute to the Barbary pirates from this area to stop attacks on American ships. • When the pirates asked for more money, Jefferson refused leading Tripoli to declare war. • This ended in success for the U.S. who was no longer required to pay tribute to Tripoli. • However, America did continue to pay to the rest of the Barbary States.
War of Tripoli • WHO: Thomas Jefferson • WHAT: Expedition to North Africa • Slavery, Piracy • WHEN: March 1801 • WHERE: North Africa • SIGNIFICANCE: U.S. Flag being raised
Chesapeake Incident • WHO: Chesapeake, British • WHAT: Chesapeake-Leopard war at sea. • WHEN: June 22, 1807 • WHERE: Virginia • SIGNIFICANCE: Lead to the embargo act.
Embargo Act • WHO: Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Congress, Great Britain, and France • WHAT: A law that stopped trade between the U.S. and other countries. • WHEN: December 1807 • WHERE: The U.S. • SIGNIFICANCE: The law backfired and Britain and France imposed trade restrictions.
Peacable Coercion • WHO: Jefferson; Madison • WHAT: An effort to gain agreement in a peaceful matter • WHEN: 1807 • WHERE: The U.S. • SIGNIFICANCE: Accomplished nothing and the acts failed.
Works Cited • "Chesapeake-Leopard Incident: Information from Answers.com." Answers.com: Wiki Q&A Combined with Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Encyclopedias. Web. 08 Feb. 2012 <http://www.answers.com/topic/chesapeake- leopard-incident>. • “What Is Peaceful Coercion?" Free Research Papers: Free Essays and Term Papers. Web. 08 Feb. 2012. <http://www.freeonlineresearchpapers.com/what-is- peaceful-coercion>. • "First Barbary War." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 08 Feb. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War>.
