Thomas Jefferson's Presidency from Perspective of 19th Century Citizen
It was a great joy of mine to live during the times of Thomas Jefferson. Having not ever met Mr. Jefferson was the one thing that I will forever regret.It was twenty-seven years ago in 1800 that Thomas Jefferson became President of this splendid land.1 It is still fictitious in my mind to think that Mr. Jefferson passed away seven months ago. My life through the years of Thomas Jefferson's Presidency consisted of days of learning, days of triumph, days of glory.Thomas Jefferson gained respect in my heart long before the controversial election of 1800. The Bill of Rights is the most powerful document in the world today. With it, we the citizens of the United States have several inalienable rights that cannot be taken from us. One must pray that future generations are able to hold on to these rights. Even before the Bill of Rights was created, Thomas Jefferson was hard at work with fellow countrymen drafting a Declaration of Independence.2 A gut feeling reveals to me that this document will be sacred in the lives of people in decades and centuries to come.Looking back on the year 1800 brings memories that will most likely never be forgotten in the future. For the first time in our short history, there was a tie in th
7 England felt it in her manufactures by privations of the raw material, in her maritime interests by the loss of her naval stores, and above all in the discontinuance of supplies essential to her colonies. While in the hands of Spain, the United States acquired the right to a free navigation of the Mississippi and to an entry point at New Orleans. Jefferson was given a fit by his previous Vice President Aaron Burr in 1807. Burr thought it to be a wise idea to establish a new republic in the Louisiana Territory. Apparently there was no provision to allow for such a deal to be made by the President. Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826: Chronology, Documents, Bibliographical Aids. Thomas Jefferson shall eternally be remembered for his belief in avoiding war to protect the citizen. In 1762, all French territory west of the Mississippi including the island of New Orleans was ceded to Spain, and, by the general treaty of peace which followed the French and Indian War in 1763, the whole territory of France eastward of the Mississippi except the Island of Orleans was ceded to Great Britain. Jefferson lost the electoral vote in.
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