Question

What prompted the formation of the Tertium Quids in 1808? a. Jefferson's desire to buy West Florida. b. Jefferson's opposition to the Embargo Act. c. Napoleon's attack on American shipping. d. The Federalists clamoring for war with England.

Answer 1

Option A.

Step-by-step explanation:

Jefferson's desire to buy West Florida, is the right answer.

In the period between 1804-12, in the United States, Tertium Quids used to refer multiple factions of the Democratic-Republican Party. This term "quid" was practiced in the early phase of the nineteenth century to indicate to a segment of a third political party or team comprised of antagonistic Jeffersonian (or Democratic) Republicans, who brought Federalist assistance with changing fortune. The desire of Jefferson provoked the formation of the Tertium Quids in 1808.