THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1800
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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he was a Democratic-Republican
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he had supported France since the French Revolution
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because John Adams supported the British
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because Alexander Hamilton supported the British
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Detailed explanation-1: -As United States minister to France when revolutionary fervor was rising toward the storming of the Bastille in 1789, Jefferson became an ardent supporter of the French Revolution, even allowing his residence to be used as a meeting place for the rebels led by Lafayette.
Detailed explanation-2: -He believed the French Revolution was directly inspired by the American Revolution, which ended only a couple years before. It’s likely that Jefferson foresaw a similar end result. He hoped France would become a liberal democracy along the lines of the United States. This was not a far-fetched dream.
Detailed explanation-3: -As the French Revolution began, he allowed his Paris residence, the Hôtel de Langeac, to be used for meetings by Lafayette and other republicans. He was in Paris during the storming of the Bastille and consulted with Lafayette while the latter drafted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
Detailed explanation-4: -Appointed U.S. Minister to France in 1785, Thomas Jefferson was the American Government’s man on the ground in Paris in July 1789 when the French people rose up against their rulers and the first blood was shed in the opening days of the French Revolution.