MD+Revolution+of+1800

The election of 1800, to Thomas Jefferson, was considered a 'revolution'. Because he had won the presidential position, it had seemed as if he had new ideas; new thoughts and new actions to erase the previous mistakes by former president John Adams. Thomas Jefferson had been alluding to the fact of the Revolutionary war when describing his win as president, but as it turns out, his presidency was very different from a Revolution.

Jefferson's actions were very much unlike the American push for freedom. He did not plan to revolt against a common enemy, nor was there blood lost in this 'revolution'. As president, Thomas Jefferson did very little fixing of the previous president's mistakes. Granted, he did get rid of the exise tax. And the economic way that Alexander Hamilton had put in place before that Thomas Jefferson severely disagreed with was not tarnished in any way.

Although, what Thomas Jefferson may be talking about is the shifting from a federalist president to a Democratic Republican. True, but when all said and done, the path of the United States was not affected positively or negatively by this shifting. The Revolution in 1776 was caused through radical events. The Revolution of 1800, as Thomas Jefferson considered, did not include any radical or outstanding events as Jefferson had thought.

Thomas Jefferson considered the election of 1800 a Revolution. Alluding to the Americans who had fought against a common enemy, Jefferson did not think through this idea that a presidential election that did not severly change the course of this country, can be parallel to the Revolutionary War.