Thomas Jefferson by Lucas Anderton

Background on TJ

lucasanderton5 — 2015-10-07 14:48:00 UTC

- Founding Father of United States

- Principal Author of the Declaration of Independence

- Minister to France from 1785 to 1789

- First Secretary of State to George Washington

- Third President of the United States

- Founding Father of the Jeffersonian Democrats and the Democratic Republicans

Domestic Event #1

lucasanderton5 — 2015-10-07 14:48:08 UTC

Contextualization: Excise tax on commodities repealed. First major federal tax on a commodity and people were outraged. Then, Washington sent American troops to settle the dispute.

Synthesis: Outside of the time period, taxes on commodities actually became quite common.

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Foreign Policy Event #1

lucasanderton5 — 2015-10-07 14:52:43 UTC

Contexualization: Pasha of Tripoli declares war on the United States in 1801

Synthesis: Unofficial armed conflict -- War Powers Act was obviously not a law yet, but for years we had undeclared war with Tripoli. Americans were outraged at the time when we got involved in this conflict, but now, it's our first answer.

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Domestic Event #2

lucasanderton5 — 2015-10-07 15:24:28 UTC

Contextualization: Naturalization laws of 1798 repealed in 1802.

Synthesis: This was one of the first major laws regarding the path to citizenship in the United States. Later on, during the in-pour of European emigrants in the early 1900s.

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Domestic Event #3

lucasanderton5 — 2015-10-07 15:24:47 UTC

Contexualization: Marbury v. Madison decision reached in 1803, establishing the concept of Judicial Review.

Synthesis: Recently, under the provisions of judicial review, the Supreme Court overheard cases regarding the legality of the Affordable Care Act under the United States Consititution.

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Foreign Policy Event #2

lucasanderton5 — 2015-10-07 15:25:25 UTC

Contexualization: Louisianna Purchase Treaty was signed in 1803

Synthesis: We annexed Hawaii in the 1900s and opressed another government and culture. We we a little more enthusiastic this time around because we are innately imperialists.

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Foreign Policy Event #3

lucasanderton5 — 2015-10-07 15:25:34 UTC

Contextualization: Britain seizes U.S. Naval ships. Under the rule of 1756, Britain justifies the seizure of the ships in

Synthesis: We are obsessed with sovereignty at this point in time, and our sovereignty was being oppressed. At this point in time, if any war ships were seized, it would be a declaration of war by their respective nation.

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Source

lucasanderton5 — 2015-10-07 16:47:41 UTC

http://millercenter.org/president/jefferson/key-events