Kevin Gutzman on the Jeffersonians, State’s Rights and “Virginia Supremacy”, and Westward Expansion

In This Episode: Kevin Gutzman, professor of History at Western Connecticut State University, joins the podcast to discuss the presidencies of Democratic-Republican presidents Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe how the states and sectionalism played an important role in the Early Republic, and why Jefferson and his successors emphasized the importance of state’s rights and decentralized power the key events during the presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe that kick off Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny Texts Mentioned: The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe by Kevin Gutzman James Madison and the Making of America by Kevin Gutzman First Inaugural Address by Thomas Jefferson Letter from Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 15 February, 1791 “Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank” by Alexander Hamilton “A Summary View of the Rights of British America” pamphlet by Thomas Jefferson James Madison’s Notes of the Constitutional Convention from June 18, 1787 Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Robert Livingston, 18 April, 1802 Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Dickinson, 9 August, 1803 Proposed Amendment to the Constitution Regarding Louisiana by James Madison Trans-Continental Treaty of 1819 Monroe Doctrine Calhoun: American Heretic by Robert Elder Diary of John Quincy Adams Become a part of ISI: Become a Member Support ISI Upcoming ISI Events