Dr. Thomas R. Maddux

Expansion and Jefferson 

I.  Jefferson's Empire of Liberty 

A. Jefferson and Exploration 

B.  Conflict with European powers 

1. Spain: Florida and New Orleans 

2. Great Britain: Canada and Northern border 

3. France and Louisiana Territory 

C. Louisiana Territory and Lewis and Clark expedition 

1. Jefferson's objectives 

2. Expedition and Indians 

II. Southern Indians 

A. Cherokee 

1. Conflict until 1795 settlement with U.S. 

2. Federal policy on assimilation 

3. Cherokee responses: Upper and Lower Towns 

4. New elite of mixed bloods 

5. Removal vs. Unification 

6. 1806 negotiations with U.S. 

B. Choctaw 

      1. Mississippi location and conflict with Chickasaw 

2. Relations with Spain, French, English and U.S. 

3. Metis move to cattle raising and trade with U.S. 

4. Relations with African Americans 

5. Impact of trade decline, alcohol, factionalism 

6. Jefferson's trade for land tactics 

III. Tecumseh and Northwest (Faragher, pp. 245-246) 

A. Resistance and Shawnee Prophet 

B. Unification strategy on land sales