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Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.

Q: Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.

Writer of the Declaration of Independence · Third president of the United States · Doubled the size of the United States (Louisiana Purchase) · First Secretary of State · Founded the University of Virginia · Writer of the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom — Topic: American History — Colonial Period and Independence. USCIS accepts any one of the answers listed below.

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Writer of the Declaration of Independence
Third president of the United States
Doubled the size of the United States (Louisiana Purchase)
First Secretary of State
Founded the University of Virginia
Writer of the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom

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Topic: American History — Colonial Period and Independence.

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