Use the passage to answer the question. Excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address, 1801

". . . it is proper you should understand what I deem the essential principles of our Government . . . Equal and exact justice to all men . . . peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights . . . the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor . . . encouragement of agriculture . . ."

In a paragraph, discuss how Thomas Jefferson's actions as president did or did not stay true to the principles expressed in his First Inaugural Address.