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Thomas Jefferson: Founding Father And A Democratic Republican

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Thomas Jefferson was born April 13, 1743, and died July 4, 1826. He was a democratic-republican. He was president between March 1, 1801 through March 4, 1809. He was a founding father and a principal officer of the Declaration of Independence. The states that were included are Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, parts of Minnesota, and Louisiana west of the Mississippi River.
Louis and Clark were the first to explore the territory. France had surrendered its North American possessions at the end of the French and Indian War. New Orleans and Louisiana west of the Mississippi were transferred to Spain in 1762, and French territories east of the Mississippi, including Canada, were ceded to Britain the next year.
Jefferson urged

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