MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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first Vice President
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first Treasury Secretary
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first Secretary of State
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Thomas Jefferson served as the first Secretary of State from March 22, 1790, to December 31, 1793.
Detailed explanation-2: -James Madison, Jefferson’s closest political friend and staunchest ally, was named secretary of state.
Detailed explanation-3: -His sympathy for the French Revolution led him into conflict with Alexander Hamilton when Jefferson was Secretary of State in President Washington’s Cabinet. He resigned in 1793.
Detailed explanation-4: -While ambassador to France, he also negotiated a commercial treaty with Prussia (1785). Jefferson brought this experience and expertise to the role of Secretary of State. He successfully balanced the new country’s relatively weak international position with his desire for U.S. territorial and commercial expansion.
Detailed explanation-5: -Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.