Thomas Jefferson served as the 3rd President of the United States from 1801 to 1809. His two terms in the office are remembered for the Louisiana Purchase, an embargo against trade with both Great Britain and France, and worsening relations with Britain. Adams has distanced the USA from the affairs of the great European forces.
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
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Henry Brooks Adams (1838 – 1918) was an American historian and member of the Adams political family, descended from two U.S. Presidents.