After a year of retirement and writing the "Notes on the State of Virginia" he rejoined office as apart of Congress leadership in 1783. ... His greatest achievement occurred in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon due to the Napoleonic war. Again he was re-elected to president for a second term in which he mainly prevented entry of America into the Napoleonic Wars and the interference of American merchantmen by pirates. Through the next couple of years after his final term as president, Jefferson dealt with some financial problems due to supporting a friend whose bank note had fai...

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Notes: Alone among the Founders of the United States George Washington earned the title "Father of his Country" in recognition of his leadership in the cause of American independence. ... Notes: The Golden Gate Bridge links San Francisco with Marin County in absolute splendor. ... Notes: "The Statue of Liberty National Monument officially celebrated her 100th birthday on October 28, 1986. ... The Statue was placed upon a granite pedestal inside the courtyard of the star-shaped walls of Fort Wood (which had been completed for the War of 1812.) ... After 1901, the care and operation of...

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Dolly is best known for her flight from Washington in 1814, when the British invaded the city during the War of 1812. ... Now there was noting but Montpellier and the calm monotonous beauty of the Blue Ridge. ...

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