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Analyze The Achievements Of The Declaration Of Independence By Thomas Jefferson

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Author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson. Where did Thomas Jefferson acquire all the information needed to later make the Declaration of Independence all fully developed. Jefferson before he died explained that he only explained the American mind and did not use one source in particular to make the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson changed the United States politically, socially, and economically. From the Louisiana Purchase, naturalization laws, expeditions, Tax and debt reduction, and to the hated Embargo acts.
The Louisiana Purchase was one of the greatest achievements that Jefferson ever accomplished. The territory was bought from Napoleon Bonaparte for political reasons. Bonaparte was in need for money. It was also a great idea for Jefferson to buy it because that way Spain would not be …show more content…

Jefferson took off all internal taxes which included the tax on whiskey and on land. Jefferson also reduced national debt which was around 85 million dollars. The embargo act of 1807 was an act passed by congress to protest British and French interference with American shipping throughout the Napoleonic wars according to Houghton Mifflin. Each side whether British or French or any other place tried to block each others trade blocking one another even though war created high demands for many resources and goods. Jefferson had made small and cheap gun boats that were intended to guard the coast.
The third president of the United States affected the U.S socially with voting rights that were given and the notorious naturalization laws. The author of the Declaration believed everybody was equal, but in reality his actions demonstrated differently. His wealth came from slave owning. On June 1798 the Naturalization law was passed. This increased the period for immigrants to become proper U.S citizens. To become a United States citizen a person was supposed to live 14 years in

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