Bell Work Finish your DBQ’s conclusion

Thomas JeffersonAn agrarian utopia

Domestic Policy

Cut military drasticallyLouisiana PurchaseDebt went from $80 million to $57

Foreign Policy

Louisiana Purchase

Impressment

Embargo Act of 1807

The Dead Moose Story

Economic Policy

Banks – Tried to dismantle banks

Less SpendingDecreased Taxes

Other Events/Ideas

Lewis and Clark

Foreign Policy of Early Administrations

Isolationism

After the American Revolution, the U.S. didn’t want to get involved with the conflict in Europe.

It adopted “isolationism”

It isolated itself, and ignored the rest of the world’s conflict.

The Monroe Doctrine

European powers - no interfering with Western Hemisphere. Create new colonies / overthrow independent countries in Latin America.

The U.S. would get involved in Europe tried to intervene.

Wrap Up

What might have been the official response to the Monroe Doctrine in Britain, contitental Europe, and Latin America.

Homework