1) What was the significance of the Jeffersonian “Revolution of 1800” in relation to the new republican experiment and the fierce political battles of the 1790s?
The significance was never before had one political party stepped down from Presidency and another take power without the use of force. This showed that our form of Republic was actually capable of working.
Hmmmm what to add to that... Yeah a complete swing in parties happened in 1800. The federalists decided to back down peacefully and allow the demorepublicans to come into office. I don't really have much to say Kyle summed it pretty well
The significance was this set a prescident for the future. It's true noone had stepped down from Presidency before but when they did that it shook things alittle. If that were to happen today imagine what would happen? And thats the beauty of history and learning it so, we won't repeat those mistakes again.
Well, due to the drastic change in political parties during the year of 1800, Federalists withered away completely or died off and let the Democratic-Republicans hold all the political power. And as Kyle stated, this demonstrated that the Republic had more authority then what they may have thought they had.
Kyle summed it up well. As we talked about in class, Adams could have refused to step down, (he did infact have sons that could have ruled after him) but he willingly stepped down, allowing a leader with different views to step into office. This had never happened before and proved that our type of government worked... if people don't like the way the government is being run, they can change it.
The “Revolution of 1800” refers to the election. It was during this pivotal election that the government was overthrown by means of voting rather than violence. (“Ballots over Bullets”) Both candidates running were democratic-republican and this alone caused dissension among the Federalist parties. This kind of WAS the new Republican experiment because it initiated the practice of an extreme republican government. The Federalists, feeling pushed aside, began to defy against this new government.
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The significance was never before had one political party stepped down from Presidency and another take power without the use of force. This showed that our form of Republic was actually capable of working.
Hmmmm what to add to that... Yeah a complete swing in parties happened in 1800. The federalists decided to back down peacefully and allow the demorepublicans to come into office. I don't really have much to say Kyle summed it pretty well
The significance was this set a prescident for the future. It's true noone had stepped down from Presidency before but when they did that it shook things alittle. If that were to happen today imagine what would happen? And thats the beauty of history and learning it so, we won't repeat those mistakes again.
First time a party had steeped down and another one took power. Showed value of political parties if people didnt like the party that was in office.
Well, due to the drastic change in political parties during the year of 1800, Federalists withered away completely or died off and let the Democratic-Republicans hold all the political power. And as Kyle stated, this demonstrated that the Republic had more authority then what they may have thought they had.
Kyle summed it up well. As we talked about in class, Adams could have refused to step down, (he did infact have sons that could have ruled after him) but he willingly stepped down, allowing a leader with different views to step into office. This had never happened before and proved that our type of government worked... if people don't like the way the government is being run, they can change it.
The “Revolution of 1800” refers to the election. It was during this pivotal election that the government was overthrown by means of voting rather than violence. (“Ballots over Bullets”) Both candidates running were democratic-republican and this alone caused dissension among the Federalist parties. This kind of WAS the new Republican experiment because it initiated the practice of an extreme republican government. The Federalists, feeling pushed aside, began to defy against this new government.
It was a peaceful transfer of power. Really a novel idea at the time.
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