Mr. Jefferson

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On a morning in March 1801, Thomas Jefferson sat down to breakfast at his usual seat at the end of a long table at

Conrad and McMunn’s boardinghouse in Washington, D.C. where he paid $15 a

week for a room and three meals a day.

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The morning was cold and it was a special day, so someone offered him a seat near

the fireplace. “No, thank you,” said Jefferson, who would accept no favors. He meant to be a democratic president, a man

of the people.

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It was later that very day that he rode up the hill to the Capitol and was sworn in as

the third president of the United States.

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Afterwards, he read his inaugural address. “Let us unite with one heart and one mind.

Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle…We are all

Republicans - we are all Federalists.” It was an appeal for unity and good will. It set

the tone for his presidency.

Capitol Building, 1800Washington, D.C.

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Jefferson’s Inaugural Speechin his own hand,

March 4, 1801

Jefferson wanted a government that would interfere as little as possible with people’s lives. He cut taxes, reduced the size of the

military, and balanced the budget.

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On the Fourth of July the President’s House was open to any citizen who wanted

to meet the president.

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When he had someplace to go, President Jefferson rode on horseback, without a guard. He had no elegant presidential

coach.

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When Thomas Jefferson went shopping and bought a huge piece of land for the

nation, some people thought it extravagant.

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Jefferson bought all the land that France claimed in North America. That land, the French called it Louisiana because their

king was named Louis, went from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains

and maybe beyond.

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No one was sure how far it went. Jefferson spent $15 million on the Louisiana

Purchase (which amounts to about four cents an acre.) With that purchase he

doubled the size of the country.

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It was a great bargain, although at the time many thought it worthless and unneeded.

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If President Jefferson hadn’t bought that land, those of you who live west of the

Appalachian Mountains might all be speaking French today.

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The Louisiana Purchase happened in 1803. The Mississippi River was no longer

controlled by a foreign power.

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Once the U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory, someone had to find out what it

had bought. How big was the territory, what was it like, and where did it end?

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Jefferson sent an expedition to investigate (Lewis & Clark).

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In 1804, a duel took place. With pistols. Illegal today, people with arguments sometimes tried to shoot out their

differences.

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Aaron Burr was angry at Alexander Hamilton because Hamilton had supported Thomas Jefferson for president, instead of

Aaron Burr.

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Alexander Hamilton supported Thomas Jefferson? Can that be true? Weren’t they rivals? Yes, they were, but Hamilton was

the kind of man who wanted to vote for the best-qualified person.

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He knew Jefferson would make a better president than Burr. Besides, he couldn’t

stand Burr, who had once been a Federalist and then switched to the

Democratic-Republican Party.

Vice PresidentAaron Burr

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But it was Burr who challenged Hamilton to a duel. There are several different stories of

that duel. People still argue about the details.

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But there is no arguing about the outcome. Burr’s shot killed Alexander Hamilton. And everyone agrees that Hamilton was a man of rare talent and integrity. His death was a

tragedy for the nation.

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