My stunning padlet by Oluwatimileyin Adebanjo https://padlet.com/oluwatimileyinadebanjo189/5mf498x3tifbsgy0 Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2021-01-05 17:58:40 UTC 2025-10-31 19:59:16 UTC hello@padlet.com Who He Was/Background Information oluwatimileyinadebanjo189 https://padlet.com/oluwatimileyinadebanjo189/5mf498x3tifbsgy0/wish/1056739171 Thomas Jefferson, a spokesman for democracy, was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and the third President of the United States (1801–1809).


  • He was a (proto) archaeologist.
  • He was an architect.
  • He was a wine aficionado.
  • He was a founding foodie.
  • He was obsessed with books.
]]> 2021-01-05 18:02:46 UTC https://padlet.com/oluwatimileyinadebanjo189/5mf498x3tifbsgy0/wish/1056739171 Domestic Policy/Louisiana Territory oluwatimileyinadebanjo189 https://padlet.com/oluwatimileyinadebanjo189/5mf498x3tifbsgy0/wish/1056747779 1.Even after paying $15 million in cash for the Louisiana Purchase (see Foreign Affairs section), the national debt fell from $80 million to $57 million during his two years of service.
2.Jefferson's presidency was marked by foreign and domestic successes. Domestically, he implemented limitations of government, supported yeoman farmers and the growth of agriculture, and reduced military expenditures. His greatest foreign policy success was the purchase of Louisiana from France in 1803.
3.The purchased territory included the whole of today’s Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska, parts of Minnesota and Louisiana west of Mississippi River, including New Orleans, big parts of North and northeastern New Mexico, South Dakota, northern Texas, some parts of Wyoming, Montana, and Colorado as well as portions of Canadian provinces Alberta and Saskatchewan.
4.The purchase doubled the size of the United States, greatly strengthened the country materially and strategically, provided a powerful impetus to westward expansion, and confirmed the doctrine of implied powers of the federal Constitution.
]]> 2021-01-05 18:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/oluwatimileyinadebanjo189/5mf498x3tifbsgy0/wish/1056747779 Domestic Policy/Lewis and Clark oluwatimileyinadebanjo189 https://padlet.com/oluwatimileyinadebanjo189/5mf498x3tifbsgy0/wish/1056751548 1.Lewis had served under Clark during the Northwest Campaigns in the 1790's in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio where their friendship began. When Thomas Jefferson sought leadership for his proposed expedition to the Pacific, he immediately tapped Lewis, who in turn highly recommended Clark.
2.In the spring of 1804, Lewis, Clark, and dozens of other men left St. Louis, Missouri, by boat. They traveled westward through what is now Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. In November they reached Knife River Village in present-day North Dakota.
3.President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the expedition shortly after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 to explore and to map the newly acquired territory, to find a practical route across the western half of the continent, and to establish an American presence in this territory before Britain and other European powers tried to claim it.
4.Lewis and Clark Expedition, (1804–06), U.S. military expedition, led by Capt. Meriwether Lewis and Lieut. William Clark, to explore the Louisiana Purchase and the Pacific Northwest. The expedition was a major chapter in the history of American exploration.]]> 2021-01-05 18:05:18 UTC https://padlet.com/oluwatimileyinadebanjo189/5mf498x3tifbsgy0/wish/1056751548 Foreign Policy/Embargo Act of 1807 oluwatimileyinadebanjo189 https://padlet.com/oluwatimileyinadebanjo189/5mf498x3tifbsgy0/wish/1056775470 1.The Embargo Act of 1807 was an attempt by President Thomas Jefferson and the U.S. Congress to prohibit American ships from trading in foreign ports. It was intended to punish Britain and France for interfering with American trade while the two major European powers were at war with each other.
2.In 1807 the United States Congress passed an Embargo Act that prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports. The act was in response to a dire situation America faced when it found itself caught between a French and British war.
3.The failure of Jefferson's Embargo Act of 1807 led to increasing economic pressure from the American public to go to war with Britain. The “war hawk” faction exerted great influence over the House of Representatives and helped to pass a declaration of war in 1812.
4.In the last sixteen days of President Thomas Jefferson's presidency, the Congress replaced the Embargo Act of 1807 with the almost unenforceable Non-Intercourse Act of March 1809. This Act lifted all embargoes on American shipping except for those bound for British or French ports.]]> 2021-01-05 18:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/oluwatimileyinadebanjo189/5mf498x3tifbsgy0/wish/1056775470 Foreign Policy/Non-Intercourse Act of 1809 oluwatimileyinadebanjo189 https://padlet.com/oluwatimileyinadebanjo189/5mf498x3tifbsgy0/wish/1056785162 1.Just prior to James Madison's assumption of office, Congress passed the Non-Intercourse Act of 1809, which replaced Jefferson's failed embargo. It allowed the resumption of world trade with the exclusion of trade with England and France, thus barring French and British vessels from American ports.
2.When the Embargo Act proved unsatisfactory as an instrument of American foreign policy, it was repealed in March 1809 and replaced with the milder Nonintercourse Act. This act maintained the embargo only against Britain and France, but did not ban trade with other European countries.
3.A measure passed during the administration of President Thomas Jefferson in order to help preserve American neutrality was the Non-Intercourse Act (1809). During the Napoleonic Wars, the British and French seized American ships suspected of carrying cargo to opposing European belligerents, and the British impressed American seamen into service.
4.When the Embargo Act proved unsatisfactory as an instrument of American foreign policy, it was repealed in March 1809 and replaced with the milder Nonintercourse Act. This act maintained the embargo only against Britain and France, but did not ban trade with other European countries. Since trade could be conducted indirectly in this manner, the act was largely futile]]> 2021-01-05 18:12:09 UTC https://padlet.com/oluwatimileyinadebanjo189/5mf498x3tifbsgy0/wish/1056785162 Picture of Thomas Jefferson oluwatimileyinadebanjo189 https://padlet.com/oluwatimileyinadebanjo189/5mf498x3tifbsgy0/wish/1056802889 2021-01-05 18:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/oluwatimileyinadebanjo189/5mf498x3tifbsgy0/wish/1056802889