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Thomas Jefferson was a Democratic-Republican. He defeated John Adams by 73 to 65 electoral votes. Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd president of the United states. He also was one of the main contributers to the Louisiana Purchase. -
We gave France 15 million for this 828,000 square miles of land. Thomas Jefferson was the one who made the decision who was president at the time. It was three cents an acre so Thomas Jefferson had to buy it to expand the US's land. -
His best accomplishment was the Bill of Rights. He was the biggest contributor to signing the Federalist papers. He also helped with basic frame work for the U.S. Constitution. -
The British were mad because the U.S. is expanding their territory. The British also had restrictions on the US trade. It was between the British, United states, and Spain. -
One major thing James Monroe did was the Acquisition of Florida. He also settled the boundary issue with Britain. He also established a policy that was named after him called the Monroe Doctrine. -
It told Europe to not mess with the Western Hemisphere. The Monroe Doctrine kept Europe from expanding to Central and South America. It showed Europe that we were not gonna let Europe just take the Western Hemisphere. -
No one received majority of electoral votes but John Quincy Adams soon got elected. It was very controversial because Jackson had the most votes but didn't receive majority. So the election went to the House of Reps which then Adams won. Then Andrew Jackson thinks Adams and the Speaker clay made a deal because Adams became president and Clay became secretary of state. -
He arranged joint occupation with England for the Oregon country. He got the cessions of Florida from Spain. He only did one term in his presidency. -
America went to war with the Native Americans which Andrew Jackson led the US to victory in the Creek War. Andrew Jackson founded the Democratic party. He expanded the US's land west which pushed the native Americans out. -
He started out the independent treasury system for the US. He was one of the first politicians to recommend the elimination of debtor prisons. He was a strong believer of Jefferson's ideas to limit states rights and national government.
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