What is one thing Thomas Jefferson was famous for?

Answer 1

Born in 1743 in Albemarle County, Virginia, Thomas Jefferson was born into a land of wealth and privilege. From his father he inherited 5,000 acres of land and from his mother he inherited high social standing. He attended school at the College of William and Mary to become a lawyer. In 1772 he married Martha Wayles Skelton and took her to live in his mountaintop home, Monticello. Tall and awkward with freckles and sandy-hair, Jefferson was by no means an eloquent public speaker. Instead he used his remarkable writing skills in the Virginia House of Burgesses and the Continental Congress to aid to the Revolution. At the age of 33, Jefferson created the first draft of the Declaration of Independence. In the following years he would struggle to make its words a reality. Most notably, he wrote a bill establishing religious freedom, enacted in 1786. During the Revolutionary War, Jefferson served as the Governor of Virginia. In 1785, Jefferson succeeded Benjamin Franklin as minister to France. As a result of time spent with the French, Jefferson would be sympathetic to the plight of the French during the French Revolution. This would put him into conflict with Alexander Hamilton when Jefferson was Secretary of State in President Washington's Cabinet. Hamilton wished to stay neutral in the war, while Jefferson wanted to get involved. Jefferson would later resign his post in 1793. This conflict resulted in the start of political parties within the United States. The Federalists supported Hamilton, While Jefferson is credited with indirectly forming the Democratic-Republicans. Jefferson ultimately became the leader of this part. He attacked Federalist policies, he opposed a strong centralized Government, and championed the rights of states. He views were stated in the Kentucky Resolution which first introduced the idea of nullification. Nullification was the idea that the states had the right to declare and unconstitutional law passed by the national government "null" and void. This idea would later justify South Carolina's refusal to accept the Tariff of Abominations and the South's removal from the union. As a for President in 1796, Jefferson came within three votes winning the election. Through a wormhole in the Constitution he became the Vice President in 1796, even though he was President Adam's opposition. He would later run for President again in 1800. This time he would win. During this election the wormhole mentioned above cause another problem. Because the campaign ticket did not specify which candidtate was running for President and which was running for Vice President. Therefore, a tie vote had been cast between Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Eventually, the House of Representatives settled the tie and Jefferson became the President in 1800. As President, Jefferson slashed Army and Navy expenditures, cut the budget, eliminated the tax on whiskey, and reduced the national debt by a third. He also sent a naval squadron to fight the Barbary pirates, who were harassing American commerce in the Mediterranean. Further, although the Constitution made no provision for the acquisition of new land, Jefferson suppressed his qualms over constitutionality and bought the Louisiana territory form Napoleon in 1803, doubling the size of the United States. During Jefferson's second term, he struggled with keeping the United States neutral in the war between England and France. Both nations impressed American merchantmen and acquisitioned American goods for their own use. His solution, which was to place an embargo on American shipping, was ineffective and highly unpopular. He left office an unpopular president. After his Presidency, Jefferson retired to Monticello, the estate he had designed. During this period he worked on founding the University of Virginia. Throughout his life he was skilled as an architect, a naturalist, a linguist, and a violinist. Above all, he was probably the smartest and most talented United States President. Future President John Kennedy once said to a group of Nobel Prize winners that: "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone." Jefferson is also known as one of the first abolishionists. Though he owned many slaves over his lifetime he was noted for saying that slavery is immoral and should be abolished. Many historians hold that the reason Jefferson did not free his slaves was that he was so far in debt that he could not afford to. As a result, he seemed to suffer from pangs of guilt. During his career in politics Jefferson attempted to abolish or limit the advance of slavery. He sponsored Free State advocates like James Lemen and he tried to sponsor a bill in the House of Burgesses to emancipate the slaves in Virginia. In recent years it has been shown that Jefferson most likely had an affair with his quadroon slave Sally Hemings, who was the half-sister to his late wife. With Hemings he might have had six children.

Answer 2

Thomas Jefferson served two terms as the 3rd President of the United States (POTUS). Not only did he write and sign the Declaration of Independence, but he also directed the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 in which the US purchased land west of the Mississippi from France. He also sent Meriwether Lewis and Thomas Clark on an expedition to explore the western US, known famously as the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Answer 3

Writing the Declaration of Independence and doubling the size of the U.S. by purchasing the Louisiana Purchase.

Answer 4

The Luisiana Purchase & Lewis and clark

Answer 5

Being the 3rd President of the United States makes Thomas Jefferson famous. In addition, he is considered to be a Founding Father of the US.

Answer 6

he was a famous inventor i think he invented so pretty important thinngs!

Answer 7

a founding father, an American patriot, and the person who wrote the decloration of independence.

Answer 8

he is famous for the Louisiana purchase