• He wrote the Declaration of Independence
• He was the founder of the Democratic-Republican Party
• He wrote the laws that eventually guaranteed freedom of religion in Virginia
• He kept the U.S. out of war with Great Britain and France
• He authorized the Louisiana Purchase and the expedition of Lewis & Clark

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• He issued the Monroe Doctrine.
• He presided over the "Era of Good Feelings."
• He served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
• He served as Secretary of State and Secretary of War at the same time.
• He helped found the Democratic-Republican Party.

   

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