What Are Thomas Jefferson's Achievements

This project is about Thomas Jefferson and his term of presidency during the Louisiana Purchase. It also will talk about his accomplishments and achievements during this time. Another thing is that it will tell about, is how he got to this position in life during this time.

Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States. His presidency lasted from 1801 to 1809. On December 3, 1800 electors voted for presidency and Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr had a tie vote. No one knew about the tie during the voting until January (https://www.whitehouse.gov). By March 4, 1801 Jefferson had went through the House of Representatives, and was inaugurated into office. The Pasha of Tripoli declares war on the United State because of less money sent to them than other countries. This war was in May 1801, concluding the year with not much going on. For the next 3 years not much went on, everyone kept to themselves (https://www.loc.gov). Image result for thomas jefferson artifacts site:gov

One thing that happened, was that the Northwest was discovered by Lewis and Clark in May 1804. On July 12, 1804 Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel at Weehawken, New Jersey. Jefferson was re-elected in November 1804, with almost all state votes (https://www.loc.gov). During this time, he made lots of major changes to the United States. He cut budgets, eliminated the tax on whiskey in the West, and lowered national debt by a third. With all the major changes, came the creation of the two separate parties. The two parties that began to form together, were the Federalist and Democratic-Republicans. As time went on, Jefferson became the leader of the Republicans, attacking Federalist policies. He disagreed with a central government but was all for the rights of states