Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the British Challenge to Republican America, 178395

By (author) Michael Schwarz

Publication date:

30 May 2017

Length of book:

144 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

ISBN-13: 9781498507400

In the aftermath of the American Revolution, the friendship between Virginians Thomas Jefferson and James Madison became one of the most important political collaborations in American history. This study examines the origins and evolution of their partnership, placing it within the context of US–British relations following the Revolution and analyzing how their relationship affected early republican politics.

Chapter 1: Peace
Chapter 2: Commerce and Jeffersonian Nationalism
Chapter 3: The Hamiltonian Divergence and the New Government
Chapter 4: Jeffersonian Statecraft
Chapter 5: Madison and the Jay Treaty

Michael Schwarz deftly analyzes early US foreign policy concerns. In addition to his treatment of competing strategists Hamilton, Madison, and Jefferson, he carefully outlines the negotiating position of British envoy George Hammond and lays out the urgent issues that divided the United States and Britain in the period preceding John Jay’s controversial mission to London. This lively study ably chronicles the posturing, predations, and power plays of all those who refused to take their eyes off a host of commercial and territorial claims in the 1790s and beyond.