I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute
Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated on Wednesday March 4th, 1801 and was sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall
Inauguration of Thomas Jefferson
Madbury Vs. Madison established the principle of judicial review-the power of the federal courts to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional.
Madbury Vs. Madison
Compel the new Secretary of Sate!
I will not deliver the documents
Jefferson's first administration was the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France for 15 million dollars in 1803.
The Louisiana Purchase
FOR SALE 15,000,000$
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr were political rivals but the cause of the duel was remarks Hamilton made about burr at a dinner. Alexander Hamilton was wounded beyond return and died later the next day
Burr-Hamilton Duel
FIRE!
A Native American woman from a Hidatsa Village in North Dakota accompanied Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery in their exploration of the west.
Sacagawea
Lewis and Clark Expedition Arrives back in St. Loius
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark arrived back in St. Louis two-and-a half years after they began their expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory and the Pacific Northwest. President Thomas Jefferson Commissioned the expedition, which is often considered one of the greatest exploratory quests in U.S history.