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The presidency of Thomas Jefferson began on March 4, 1801, when he was inaugurated as the third President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1809. In domestic affairs Jefferson sought to put the principles of republicanism into action. In foreign affairs, the major developments were the acquisition of the gigantic Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803, an embargo against trade with both Great Britain and France, and worsening relations with Britain as the United States tried to remain neutral in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars that engulfed Europe.

Contents:

Physical and Economical Conditions

Popular Characteristics

American Ideals

The Inauguration

Organization

Legislation

The Judiciary Debate

Personalities

The Spanish Court

Toussaint Louverture

Closure of the Mississippi

Monroe's Mission

Rupture of the Peace of Amiens

The Louisiana Treaty

Claim to West Florida

Constitutional Difficulties

The Louisiana Debate

Louisiana Legislation

Impeachments

The Yazoo Claims

The Trial of Justice Chase

Quarrel with Yrujo

Pinckney's Diplomacy

Monroe and Talleyrand

Cordiality with England

Anthony Merry

Jefferson's Enemies

England and Tripoli

Internal Improvement

Monroe's Diplomacy

Cabinet Vacillations

The Florida Message

The Two-Million Act

John Randolph's Schism

Madison's Enemies

Domestic Affairs

Burr's Schemes

Escape Past Fort Massac

Claiborne and Wilkinson

Collapse of the Conspiracy

The Berlin Decree

Monroe's Treaty

Rejection of Monroe's Treaty

Burr's Trial

The "Chesapeake" and "Leopard"

Demands and Disavowals

Perceval and Canning

The Orders in Council

No More Neutrals

Insults and Popularity

The Embargo

The Mission of George Rose

Measures of Defence

The Rise of a British Party

The Enforcement of Embargo

The Cost of Embargo

The Dos de Maio

England's Reply to the Embargo

Failure of Embargo

Perplexity and Confusion

Diplomacy and Conspiracy

General Fa

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