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Elected 3rd President of the United States of the America 1800
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The United States began to develop a modern democracy and celebrated a new national culture, while Americans sought to define the nation’s democratic ideals and change their society and institutions to match them.
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Innovations in technology, agriculture, and commerce powerfully accelerated the American economy, precipitating profound changes to U.S. society and to national and regional identities.
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The U.S. interest in increasing foreign trade and expanding its national borders shaped the nation’s foreign policy and spurred government and private initiatives.
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A land acquistion that doubled the size of the the United States. Jefferson purchased from Napoleon Bonaparte the leader of France.
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Elected to second term of presidency 1804
