MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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Jefferson shook hands with people
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Jefferson was inaugurated in Washington, D.C.
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Jefferson walked to the inauguration
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Jefferson road in a fancy carriage to the inauguration
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was the first inauguration held at the Capitol in the new seat of government, Washington, DC. Wanting to get away from pomp and circumstance associated with aristocracy, he simply walked the few blocks from his boarding house to the Senate, where he was sworn in by Justice John Marshall.
Detailed explanation-2: -His inaugural address laid out the course he intended to take with unmistakable clarity. First of all, he would dismantle the structure of federal government built up by Hamilton, and pay off the national indebtedness that had made taxation and the Bank of the United States necessary.
Detailed explanation-3: -In this, his first inaugural address, Jefferson sought to reach out to his political opponents and heal the breach between Federalists and Republicans. Jefferson also strongly states his belief in the importance of religion in the address.
Detailed explanation-4: -He slashed Army and Navy expenditures, cut the budget, eliminated the tax on whiskey so unpopular in the West, yet reduced the national debt by a third. He also sent a naval squadron to fight the Barbary pirates, who were harassing American commerce in the Mediterranean.