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Thomas JeffersonAccomplishments as President
Allowed Alien & Sedition Acts to expire
• Law that attacked immigrants • Democratic- Republicans• Suppressed
free speech and criticism of the government.
Reduced military spendingReduced the national debt
• reduced the national debt more than 25 percent during his time in office.
• reduced spending in his administration as well as in the armed forces.
• Still took on the BarbaryPirates. “shores of Tripoli”
Team America @#$% Yeah!!!!
Louisiana Purchase
• paid $15 million to France for the Louisiana Purchase which doubled the nation's territory in 1803.
• Jefferson worried that the acquisition of foreign territory was not covered by the Constitution.
Eliminated the whiskey tax
• An unpopular tax created by Hamilton• Whisky tax hurt the farmersWhy would this be unpopular?How would it hurt farmers?
Here is something interesting:He had as many as 6 children with a Sally Hemings
• She was a slave.• Some relatives of Jefferson today:
Former Vice President wanted for murder of Alexander Hamilton!
• Aaron Burr and Hamilton were political enemies.• Before the duel Hamilton said:
“I have resolved, if our [duel] is conducted in the usual manner, and it pleases God to give me the opportunity, to reserve and throw away my first fire, and I have thoughts even of reserving my second fire.”
-Alexander Hamilton
Maybe that was a bad idea?
…and down goes Hamilton!!!