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!!!