Question

What action did Thomas Jefferson take to lower the national debt

Answer 1

"Accordingly, President Thomas Jefferson

> > > reduced the number of employees subject to presidential appointment;

> > > [while leaving intact most of the nation's 700 clerks clerks 3,000 postal workers].

> > > He pressured Congress to abolish the direct tax of 1798;

> > > He pressured Congress to repeal the Alien and Sedition Acts, which were still in operation. To emphasize his opposition to the acts, Jefferson personally pardoned the ten victims of those laws who were still in prison."

Answer 2

well he streamlined government and increased sales of federal land