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Attended as a student and helped draft the Virginia Burgesses' response to the English proposals resulting from the First Continental Congress.
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Jefferson with the Revolutionary War said he would act in their own defense in times of danger. Benedict Arnold attacked Virginia which made Jefferson to flee from the new capitol Richmond. He could not act in their own defense like he wanted though.
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He drew the distinction between the politically oriented diplomatic service and commercially directed consular service and he initiated the practice of requiring periodic reports from American diplomats and consuls abroad.
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Served as Vice President after losing to John Adams.
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Jefferson repealed many federal taxes and wanted to rely mainly on customs revenue.
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He said he was tired of politics and wanted to go home to his farm,
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