MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Reduced size of the government.
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Lower taxes.
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Shrinking the military.
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Enable an Agrarian utopia.
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Detailed explanation-1: -a philosophy advocated by President Thomas Jefferson in which a rural society is seen as superior to an urban society. It values the independent farmer as superior to the paid laborer.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the excerpt we read for class today, Jefferson called for an American economy built on agriculture and to “let the work-shops” remain in Europe” (Jefferson, 18). He recognized the need for some domestic industry, but believed the vast land of America could be utilized by farming.
Detailed explanation-3: -Know the connection between free trade and Jefferson’s agrarian ideals. Well, the idea was that America would trade its primary products for Europe’s manufactured goods, so that the US wouldn’t have to develop any manufacturing capacity of its own.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did Jefferson’s idea of an agrarian republic differ from the economic vision put forth by Alexander Hamilton? Jefferson doubted that wageworkers had the economic and political independence needed to sustain a republican polity.