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- Kevin Gutzman, professor of History at Western Connecticut State University, joins the podcast to discuss the presidencies of Democratic-Republican presidents Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe.
- How the states and sectionalism played an important role in the Early Republic, and why Jefferson and his successors emphasized the importance of state’s rights and decentralized power.
- The key events during the presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe that kick off Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny.
Texts Mentioned:
The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe by Kevin Gutzman
James Madison and the Making of America by Kevin Gutzman
First Inaugural Address by Thomas Jefferson
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 15 February, 1791
“Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank” by Alexander Hamilton
“A Summary View of the Rights of British America” pamphlet by Thomas Jefferson
James Madison’s Notes of the Constitutional Convention from June 18, 1787
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Robert Livingston, 18 April, 1802
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Dickinson, 9 August, 1803
Proposed Amendment to the Constitution Regarding Louisiana by James Madison
Trans-Continental Treaty of 1819
Monroe Doctrine
Calhoun: American Heretic by Robert Elder
Diary of John Quincy Adams
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