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    President Thomas Jefferson defeated President John Adams for a reason. In the revolution of 1800 Vice president thomas jefferson defeated president john adams.The election was a realigning election ushered in a general of Democratic-Republican party rule and the eventual demise of the federalist party in the first system. The people who were involved are the American citizens,congress voting,thomas jefferson and john adams.They are talking about thomas jefferson and john adams going against each…

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    scientific minds of the time. An example of this higher way of thinking is evident in “The Declaration of Independence” by Thomas Jefferson. In this writing he brings up many questions and actions that humans do by nature that was not thought of before. Thomas Jefferson was an important historical figure. He was the third president of the United States, he is the…

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    Thomas Jefferson’s Contribution to the Nation After the revolution, many new opportunities arose throughout the country. Thomas Jefferson was a Virginia born citizen, who engaged in many historical events. Jefferson was an influential figure throughout the nation. Jefferson participated with negotiations with France, as well as succeeding Benjamin Franklin as the minister to France. Jefferson was known for being a very adamant supporter of independence from Great Britain. He also drafted and…

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    Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 and passed away in July of 1826 at the age of 83 in his home located near Charlottesville, Virginia. He was a leading figure in America’s early development. Jefferson was a scholarly man which later would prove to be beneficial as he drafted the U.S. Declaration of Independence. He was also the nation’s first secretary of state, second vice president (1797-1801), and the third president (1801-1809). Jefferson also served in the Virginia legislature,…

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    There are many great men and women in history. But the one that I admire the most is Thomas Jefferson. The main reason I admire Jefferson is he was a major influence on this budding nation, the United States. Jefferson wrote the "Declaration of Independance" and helped in the writing of the "Constitution". He was an idealist that knew reality. This is brought out in the issue of slavery. Slavery to Jefferson was wrong, but he did have slaves. The idea of abolishing slavery appealed to him. At…

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    At the point when Thomas Jefferson utilized the youthful warrior Meriwether Lewis as his live-in secretary in 1801, he anon perceived in him the man to lead a campaign into the Louisiana Territory, which Jefferson would anon buy from France, and past to the mouth of the Columbia River on the Pacific coast. Jefferson's aspirations were sundry: logical information of a consummately obscure district, control of affluent exchange courses, and political command. To integrate to Lewis' experience of…

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    In 1801, Thomas Jefferson was elected as the third president of the United States of America. Jefferson took office as a representative of the Democrat-Republican Party with the goal of creating a bipartisan state. At this time, Federalist and Republican parties had a heated feud between each other. Jefferson wanted to minimize the differences between the two political parties and mend the damage caused from the election. During his first inaugural address, Jefferson announced to the people, “We…

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    Throughout Thomas Jefferson's entire political career, he focused on the states having more power than the government. He was a major critic of Federalist policies and was a strong supporter of anti-federalists. However, after he became president in 1801, Jefferson began adopting these Federalist policies. He held the agrarian belief that agriculture was the superior way of life, but his actions demonstrated that he wanted federalist policies. Although Thomas Jefferson upheld agrarianism beliefs…

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    I, Thomas Jefferson, am a firm believer in the Constitution and not borrowing money from others. But now I am in a predicament where I may have to violate my morals. I am able to obtain an immense tract of land for a comparatively cheap price of $15 million. The only thing is I do not have permission to buy land, declare the people living there citizens, nor do I have $15 million lying around. So to obtain this land I would have to borrow money from the British and defy the Constitution. Now…

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    (9.2) In 1801 President Thomas Jefferson took office and he promised to shrink the government, including executive powers. He resumed the capitol building project and designed additions to the White House. The 1803Louisiana Purchase made people angry people both inside and out of his own political party. Many believed the president didn't have the constitutional authority to make such a decision on his own. His political opponents in the Essex Junta conspired with Vice President Aaron Burr in…

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