MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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____ peaceful transition in power from one political party to another.
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____ violent transition in power from one political party to another.
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____ peaceful treaty between countries.
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____ time we added a vice president into office.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The first ever peaceful transition of power after bitterly contested popular elections fought by principled partisans occurred in America, in the “Revolution of 1800, ” after elections that gave the Republican party led by Thomas Jefferson control over both the presidency and congress.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) defeated John Adams (Federalist) in the presidential election of 1800 by an electoral vote of seventy-three to sixty-five.
Detailed explanation-3: -In addition to ending the political intrigue surrounding the election, Jefferson’s inauguration and the Democratic-Republican takeover of Congress set an important precedent. It marked the first peaceful transfer of power between political parties in American history.
Detailed explanation-4: -In what is sometimes called the “Revolution of 1800", the Democratic-Republican candidate, Vice President Thomas Jefferson, defeated the Federalist Party candidate, incumbent president John Adams. The election was a political realignment that ushered in a generation of Democratic-Republican leadership.
Detailed explanation-5: -A peaceful transition or transfer of power is a concept important to democratic governments in which the leadership of a government peacefully hands over control of government to a newly-elected leadership.