Q. 83 / 128American History → Famous Citizens
Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.
OFFICIAL ANSWER
- Writer of the Declaration of Independence
- Third President of the United States
- Doubled the size of the United States (Louisiana Purchase)
- First Secretary of State
- Founded the University of Virginia
- Writer of the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom
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Context
Jefferson served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington, then as president from 1801 to 1809. His purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million expanded the nation from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. He also championed religious freedom through Virginia's 1786 Statute for Religious Freedom and founded the University of Virginia in 1819, viewing education as essential to democracy.
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