HST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: French West Indies, Sept, Impressment
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Federalists calculated they had to give adams one more vote than charles pinckney in order for adams to be president: adams gets 65, pinckney 64. Drs did not realize the strategy they needed to employ to avoid a tie between 2 candidates: jefferson/burr. Majority of congress still federalist (lame duck congress) Congress took 35 ballots to decide who to vote for. Alexa(cid:374)der ha(cid:373)ilto(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:448)ote (cid:271)reaks the ti(cid:373)e greatly disliked aaron burr. Precedent set: change of gov from one party to another was orderly and peaceful: recognition of legitimacy of opposition parties (cid:862)the re(cid:448)olutio(cid:374) of (cid:1005)8(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:863) Policies of jefferson and the drs sought to reshape the role of government. Drs goal: restore the fed gov to a limited role and to undo many policies federalists had put in place under washington and adams. Alien and sedition acts allowed to expire: jefferson pardoned those convicted. Taxes: drs controlled congress repealed all internal taxes including whiskey tax.
