Common Threads: The Revolution of 1800: Monarchists, Jacobins, Quids and the Rise of Partisan Politics

Name: Common Threads: The Revolution of 1800: Monarchists, Jacobins, Quids and the Rise of Partisan Politics
Start: 2026-09-17T16:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-09-17T17:00:00-07:00
Location: Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas

September 17 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Lecture flyer for Common Threads: The Revolution of 1800 featuring a painting of Thomas Jefferson, mountain silhouettes, and event details for a talk by Elizabeth Nelson at the State Museum Las Vegas.

Common Threads presents
The Revolution of 1800: Monarchists, Jacobins, Quids and the Rise of Partisan Politics

Speaker:
Elizabeth Nelson, Associate Professor
University of Las Vegas

The election of Thomas Jefferson to the Presidency in 1800 was heralded by his supporters as more than just a political victory; in their eyes it was a redemption of ideals of the Constitution which they claimed had been trampled by the Federalists. What was heralded as a new standard of political virtue, however, rapidly devolved into acrimonious debates about patronage, loyalty, and the fear of political defection. In the pages of a newly partisan press, founded to do battle over political ideas and ideals, the editors debated the terms of representative government and the dangers presented to the Constitution by their political foes, crafting a new language of politics to rally the loyalty of new voters and define the political terrain of the new Republic.