MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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Alien and Sedition Acts
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National Bank
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Remaning Neutral
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Process of acquiring land
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which Federalist policy did President Jefferson keep when he took office in 1801? When Jefferson took office in 1801 he kept the Federalist policy of the creation of the National Bank.
Detailed explanation-2: -Jefferson’s Neutrality President Thomas Jefferson declared the United States to be neutral in the war, not choosing a side and hoping to continue trade with both countries.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jefferson banned all British ships from U.S. ports, ordered state governors to prepare to call up 100, 000 militiamen, and suspended trade with all of Europe. He reasoned that U.S. farm products were crucial to France and England and that a complete embargo would bring them to respect U.S. neutrality.
Detailed explanation-4: -He slashed Army and Navy expenditures, cut the budget, eliminated the tax on whiskey so unpopular in the West, yet reduced the national debt by a third. He also sent a naval squadron to fight the Barbary pirates, who were harassing American commerce in the Mediterranean.