Thomas Jefferson wished to be remembered for three achievements in his public life. He had served as governor of Virginia, as U.S. minister to France, as secretary of state under George Washington, as vice-president in the administration of...
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1774 Thomas Jefferson wrote A Summary View of the Rights of British America, an important document in the growing independence movement; 1776 Wrote Declaration of Independence, ... Jefferson wanted his greatest achievements to be written on his tombstone. Jefferson chose these words and these accomplishments...
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Thomas Jefferson wished to be remembered for three achievements in his public life. ... In the final 17 years of his life, Jefferson's major accomplishment was the founding (1819) of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. He conceived it, planned it, designed it, and supervised both its construction and the hiring...
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Jefferson's greatest accomplishment during his administration (1801-1809) was the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 that he bought from Napoléon Bonaparte of France at a cost of $15 million and included land that extended from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. ... More Thomas JEFFERSON Quotations...
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Perhaps his greatest contribution was the separation of church and state. In his time, heresy was a ... Jefferson served as the 3rd President of the United States from 1801-1809, but didn't view this accomplishment as significant enough to put on his tombstone. ... Thomas Jefferson on Separation of Church and State;
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Thomas Jefferson -- author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia -- voiced the aspirations of a new America as no other individual of ... Three Accomplishments Jefferson Considered His Greatest...
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Lucidcafe's profile of Thomas Jefferson ... Books About Thomas Jefferson ... Thomas Jefferson: A Life - Author: Willard Sterne Randall; This gracefully rendered portrait offers stories from Jefferson's youth in colonial Virginia to his tragic final days at Monticello.
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Father of the Declaration of Independence, the multi-talented Thomas Jefferson achieved perhaps his greatest renown as a political theorist and spokesman for democracy. ... The most significant accomplishment of Thomas Jefferson's first administration was the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, which doubled the size of the...
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Perhaps Thomas Jefferson's greatest accomplishment as president was successfully negotiating the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803. This remarkable deal with Napoleon Bonaparte nearly doubled the area of the United States.
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