Jefferson Presidency: Successes & Failures

•Share journal entries written on Friday.
•Narrate major events that characterized the end of Jefferson's second term.
•Discuss:
-Why was the exploration and cataloguing of the new lands so important to Jefferson?
-What did Jefferson risk by sending the naval fleet to stop the Barbary pirates in the North African coast?
-How did this military act towards pirates differ from his attempts at economic warfare with major national powers (Britain & France)?
-Why did the Embargo fail internationally and why were there negative effects in the fledgling nation itself?
-Were the Federalists being consistent by reigniting the Essex Junto talks of secession?
-Was Jefferson being consistent with his own Republican principles?