MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE BILL OF RIGHTS THE CONSTITUTIONS FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS
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He believed religion should guide government policy.
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He believed in the separation of religion and government.
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He believed taxes should pay for the construction of churches.
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He believed that only members of a religion should serve as president.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which of these describes Thomas Jefferson’s belief about government and religion? He believed in the separation of religion and government.
Detailed explanation-2: -Jefferson embraced god-given human rights and opposed their abridgment by government. He is known as one of the founders of American religious freedom, and his phrase “a wall of separation between Church & State” has been viewed as emblematic by historians and by the modern United States Supreme Court.
Detailed explanation-3: -Like other Founding Fathers, Jefferson was considered a Deist, subscribing to the liberal religious strand of Deism that values reason over revelation and rejects traditional Christian doctrines, including the Virgin Birth, original sin and the resurrection of Jesus.
Detailed explanation-4: -Best Type of Government: Because he believed in the ability of people to govern themselves, Jefferson favored giving more power to state governments. Jefferson felt that government power should not be concentrated in one central or federal government, but should be spread out among the individual states as well.