Why did Thomas Jefferson want to limit the size of the federal government? (Use evidence from the text to support your answer as well as prior knowledge on Jefferson’s political beliefs.) According to the text, “A new revolution was necessary,”... "as real a revolution in the principles of our government as that of 1776 was in its form.” Why did Jefferson believe the country was ready for a “new revolution”?

Jefferson showed that the President was an ordinary citizen. ... Jefferson wanted to reduce government power by cutting the federal budget and by reducing the federal debt. He decreased the size of government departments and cut the federal budget. With the approval of congress he reduced the size of the army and navy.

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texas governor sam houston opposed secession, but was unable to prevent it. in this speech, given prior to lincoln's election, he presents the argument that slavery would be safer within the united states than outside of it. it was a prescient argument, and one held by several other southern leaders.

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