Chapter 4 Section 1: Elections of 1800: A Turning Point in History

Elections of 1800: A Turning Point in History

            During the 1800’s there was another revolution that was not like the previous ones.  This revolution was bloodless, the revolution had to do with elections. This was the election revolution. This created the 12^th amendment so that if a President had a tie one would become the vice president of the other chosen by congress. The 12^th amendment was created in the elections between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. During this time the French Revolution had just happened and Napoleon was in power, thus making the old French allied change sides and have a treaty with England. Besides having a treaty between their old enemies, Hamilton in my opinion made the US become a powerful and responsible country. Taking the depth of all the states and giving it to the central government so Henry Hamilton would pay to those all countries that borrowed money to the US for the war of independence. Hamilton’s plan was to make the central government be recognised by the international community and all the states would fell a connection between them and the state, this was an ingenious idea, creating solidarity between the people of America. The electoral revolution was also a very important step in the democratic process that the US would then lead in the future. As a conclusion the process and the electoral revolution that congress took to create the 12^th amendment was a very diplomatic act, also the treaty with England was another step that the US took to reactivate their relationships with England making the US become a recognised country in the 1800’s.