Lesson Ten | Ballots Rather Than Bullets

The election of 1800 demonstrated the legitimacy of the American system of government. For the first time in history, the people were able to assert their will and change the government, according to the strictures of a written constitution. With the election of Thomas Jefferson to the presidency, the American people effected a change of government without firing a shot.

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