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//__Essential Question- Was the Revolution of 1800 truly a Revolution?__//

Thomas Jefferson's presidential election in 1800 was a very momentous event in american history and in some reagards is known as the revolution of 1800. This could be true if the word (revolution) was enterpreted in a very restrained way. The switch from Federalist to republican was entirely bloodless and legal, however, the changes made during this "revolution" were profound. The federalists lost both their control of the presidency and of congress.

Years after the presendential election, Thomas Jefferson himself recalled the event as a "revolution" because he led his republican party to power in 1801 to overturn the federalist party that had governed since the beggining of the united states. Jeferson's description of the revolution wasnt wasnt just about the change in political power, but he believed that the federalists that he defeated were not just the wrong political party, they were threatening the wellbeing of the nation. The federalists were becoming dangerous because they were beginning to bring back the old british principles that the colonists rejected. This election can be seen as a "revolution" because it restored the american revolution ideals. Thomas Jefferson was the writer od the declaration of independence and was the right leader for this second revolution.