Chapter 11
Chapter 11: "The Triumphs and Travails of Jeffersonian Democracy"
~ 1800 – 1812 ~
I. Federalist and Republican Mudslingers
1. In the election of 1800, the Federalists had a host of enemies stemming from the Alien and Sedition Acts.
2. The Federalists had been most damaged by John Adams' not declaring war.
a. They had raised a bunch of taxes and built a good navy, and then had not gotten any reason to justify such spending, therefore making themselves seem like cheap, as they had also swelled the public debt.
b. John Adams became known as "the Father of the American Navy."
3. Thus, they also launched attacks on Jefferson, saying that he had robbed a widow and her children of a trust fund, fathered numerous children with his slaves (‘tis true too), calling him an atheist, and using other inflammatory remarks.
II. The Jeffersonian "Revolution of 1800"
1. Jefferson won the election of 1800 by a majority of 73 electoral votes to 65, and even though Adams got more popular......
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