The 1800s
0000's
1800s CE
1800 
U.S. capital moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. In the presidential election,  Adams and the Federalists were defeated by the Democratic-Republican candidates,  		1801
Thomas Jefferson 
 
1802  1803 
Supreme Court ruling in Marbury v. Madison established the principle that the court could declare unconstitutional a law passed by Congress. The Louisiana Territory was purchased from France. 
1804 
Elected to a second term as president. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began to explore the Northwest.  		1805
Thomas Jefferson 
1806  1807 
1808 
The importation of African slaves into the United States became illegal.  		1809
James Madison The 1807 Embargo Act was replaced by a law banning trade with Britain and France. 
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