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  • Jefferson's vision of a tiny government ultimately failed at the end of the day, but I would say that his greatest contribution to the nation was his general spirit of bipartisanship. Jefferson's particular pet peeve was the idea of "implied powers," or the ability of the government to do anything not mentioned in the Constitution.

    I would say that his greatest contribution to the nation was something that was against everything he stood for, the Louisiana Purchase. The Constitution says absolutely nothing about buying land, but Jefferson knew that it was in the best interest of the nation to buy the Louisiana Territory from the French because the Mississippi River was a vital passageway. Jefferson's bipartisanship in this matter is an example that all politicians should learn from, especially in these divisive times.

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The Louisiana Purchase The Lewis and Clark Expedition The Third President of the United States of America

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Thomas Jefferson made various contributions to the United States of America. For example, he was the third president of the country.

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he poohed in his pants 9,000,000,000 times

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He made the Declaration of Independence that later Abraham Lincoln signed.

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He wrote the Declaration of Independence.

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what did thomas jefferson accplish

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the Louisiana Purchase(help to expand the size of America and he bought for about 10 million), Lewis and clark expedition(during his presidency)

he participated in writing the declaration of independence but at that time, he has not been a president.

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