Jeffersonian Era

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1 The Supreme Court decision in the case Marbury v. Madison refused to accept cases that were politically sensitive consistently upheld the power of the states in relation to the power of the federal government accepted the strict-constructionist view of the Constitution espoused by Pres. Jefferson became an equally powerful branch of the federal government lost its effectiveness as an interpreter of the Constitution 2 The principal difficulty involved in Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana Territory was that the Treasury did not have enough money to pay for it the Federalists appeared to have enough votes to defeat it in Congress most Americans were either apathetic or opposed to the purchase the Constitution did not give the president clear authority to acquire new territory it consisted of worthless real estate that had no practical value for the nation 3 The 1807 engagement between the Chesapeake and the Leopard exposed the military weakness of the United States led to a formal British apology and a temporary halt to impressment showed that determined resistance could force Britain to respect American rights demonstrated that on a ship-to-ship basis, the American navy was superior to the British navy led to an immediate declaration of war by Pres. Jefferson 4 In response to British violations of U.S. rights as a neutral nation, Pres. Jefferson did nothing whatsoever earned the unified support of New England merchants for his strong stand against interference with American shipping armed American merchant ships confined himself to stern public statements imposed an economic embargo 5 The Supreme Court decision in the case McCullough v. Maryland restricted the power of the Bank of the United States declared constitutional a Maryland law taxing the Bank of the United States asserted the supremacy of the federal government over the state governments recognized the full legal authority of states over the economic activity occurring within their state boundaries established federal supremacy over interstate commerce in common waterways