Jefferson was president when the Barbary Wars started. The war was mainly started because the president refused to pay tributes that were demanded by the Barbary slaves.
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he started and fought in wars
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keeping the nation out of foreign wars.
Isolationism from the affairs and wars of Europe
All of it. The wars in Europe and the Pacific did not end until after he was president. It was Truman who authorized the use of the Atomic Bombs on Japan.