THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
THOMAS JEFFERSONS PRESIDENCY LOUISIANA PURCHASE LEWIS CLARK AND MORE
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Question
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What was the biggest achievement of Thomas Jefferson’s first term as President?
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Victory in the Barbary Wars
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Annexing Texas
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Annexing Canada
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The Louisiana Purchase
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -One of Thomas Jefferson’s greatest achievements while president was making the Louisiana Purchase. This was a vast amount of territory west of the Mississippi River. When Jefferson made this purchase for the United States he more than doubled its size.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 brought into the United States about 828, 000 square miles of territory from France, thereby doubling the size of the young republic.
Detailed explanation-3: -Most notably, he wrote a bill establishing religious freedom, enacted in 1786.
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