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US History timeline & concept chart: 1789-1860 Early Republic to Antebellum: Difference between revisions
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=== Aaron Burr === | === Aaron Burr === | ||
*& Democratic-Republican (same party as Jefferson) | |||
** from New Jersey, so had different interests and objectives from Jefferson | |||
* elected to the Senate in 1791 | |||
* populist politician, defied the norms of "detachment" that Washington preferred (see above) | * populist politician, defied the norms of "detachment" that Washington preferred (see above) | ||
* ran for President in 1800 and tied with Jefferson | |||
** the Federalist-controlled House of Representatives decided the election for Jefferson | |||
*** leaving Burr as Jefferson's Vice President | |||
*** Jefferson did not trust Burr and did not include him in Administration decisions | |||
** Burr's term was spent serving Vice Presidential role as President of the Senate, where he served to acclaim of his colleagues | |||
* '''Burr conspiracy''' of 1807 | |||
** Burr was associated with the Essex Junta, which advocated New England succession | |||
** he was closely associated with General James Wilkinson, Commanding General of the US Army, who had attempted to remove Kentucky and Tennessee from the Union in the 1780s (Articles of Confederation period, while those states were still territorial areas claimed by Virginia and North Carolina respectively | |||
** Jefferson appointed Wilkinson governor of the new Louisiana Territory in 1805 | |||
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** in 1807 | |||
=== 12th Amendment to the Constitution, 1804 === | === 12th Amendment to the Constitution, 1804 === | ||