Creating the United States
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“The spirit of 1776 is not dead”
Vice President Thomas Jefferson, presidential candidate of the Republican Party, predicted victory in the upcoming 1800 election. “The spirit of 1776 is not dead,” declared Jefferson, “it has only been slumbering, the body of the American people is substantially republican.”