During his first term,President Thomas Jefferson
A) restricted the sale of government lands to western settlers.
B) eliminated all internal taxes.
C) sought to create a tax on personal income.
D) saw a doubling of the national debt.
E) drastically increased government spending.

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During his first term, President Thomas Jefferson eliminated all internal taxes, including the whiskey tax, in order to reduce the national debt and limit the power of the federal government. He believed in a strict interpretation of the Constitution and sought to limit the scope and authority of the federal government.

During His First Term,President Thomas Jefferson