Good evening.
This unit was short but action-packed. It's not every unit that we get to cover two significant presidencies, a major war, and the birth of a national hero!
So, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson figure prominently in Unit #4, as well as John Marshall and Andrew Jackson. Some significant economic moves, such as the Louisiana Purchase and the Embargo Act of 1807 are essential for understanding this era. American and British motivations for the War of 1812 set the tone for American foreign policy for years to come.
One of the things that we didn't get to cover in class, though I hoped you would pay particularly close attention to it in your readings, is the Missouri Compromise. Shall we start our discussion there?
