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When Jefferson entered office, his goal was to mainly alter what the Federalists had previously accomplished.  He wanted to reduce the power of the federal bureaucracy and give more power the non-elites, or common man.  He also reduced the amount of taxes and the army ended up being cut to just over 300 men.  Overall, Jefferson believed in a pure democracy and having the majority of power being in the hands of the common man,

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Jefferson's goals when entering office were to give more power to the common man, rather than the elites, and to reduce national power. Jefferson wanted to prove that a pure democracy will lead to a lasting national union, instead of anarchy.

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Jefferson's goals as president were to reduce the size of the influence of the federal government. He wanted to give more power to the people and decrease the power of the central government. He also wanted to create a democracy government.

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Jefferson wanted to give more power to the common man rather than the elites. He believed that power in the hands of the common man would create a successful government, especially when there is a direct connection between the people and the government. Cutting down the army was also one of his goals since a loose, peaceful government was his ideal.

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Jefferson's goals were to give more power to the states and the common man, by taking powers away from the elites. He didn't care much for a strong central government.

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Jefferson's goals were to decrease how much power the federal government had on the common man. He did not want elites to run the government like in the past.

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Jefferson's goals-            Katie Lynch

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Jefferson's goals-            Katie Lynch

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Jefferson's main goals when entering office were to focus on the goodness of the common man and take away some power from the central government to create a democracy.

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Uponn entering office, Jefferson's main goal was to limit or decrease the amount of power held by the central government, and allow more power for the people. In addition, he strove for a government in which farmers and commoners had as much say in the decisions of the government as the elites.

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Thomas Jefferson's goal as president of the United States was to strengthen the people's relationship with the government. He cut down on certain areas of the government to make it more appealing to the people. He wanted the people to have more of a say in their government. He believed the government should appeal to both the common man and the elite.

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When Thomas Jefferson was elected as president office his main goals were to focus on the common every day man. He wanted to make sure that they had just as much power in voting for our country and deciding what happens as the elites. He also wanted to make sure the central government had less power. One of the ways that he did this was by decreasing the size of military forces.

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Jefferson's goals on entering office were plain and simple, to reduce national power and to give more power to the common man. He wanted to have more of a true democracy instead of a republican democracy.

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Thomas Jefferson's goals going into office were pretty obvious from the beginning. He want to make it so that the government to have less of an impact on the common man. He did this by cutting government spending cutting the army down to just 3,000 men

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Jefferson's goals upon entering office were mainly to cut down the federal government, because he felt that power should be held in the hands of the people. He also wanted to cut taxes for the people, and cut the army down to a total of 3,000 people, because he had no intention of getting involved in or go to war.

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Jefferson wanted to decrease the power of the central government and take away some power from the elites. He set out to have the government and "power" of the nation to be held by the common man. His ultimate goal was develop a true democracy it seems.

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Upon entering office, Thomas Jefferson had goals to  decentralize the government of the U.S. He wanted to give more power  to the common man over the elitist citizen. He wanted people to have a direct say and influence in the government as a whole. He was able to cut down the military to do this and lower taxes, cutting down the sizes of major branches of the government.

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Jefferson wanted to decentralize the government, cut taxes, cut the size of the army, and make the government's presence less bearing on the people.

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One of Jefferson's goals was to make America more of a democracy.

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He wanted to put the power in hands of the people. Make it more of a democracy.

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Jefferson didn't want the government to elite, he wanted non-elite. He wanted the government run by the people and not a huge national government.

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Jefferson's goal is to give more power to the states, more power to the common people like farmers, and to prove that a pure democracy will lead to lasting national union rather than anarchy

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Jefferson's goals when entering office were to make America more of a republic-democracy. He wanted it to be ruled by more people other than just the elites. He wanted the farmers and non -elites to also have a say in what happens in the government. He wanted to give more power to the states and other people.

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Jefferson clearly didn't set up a pure democracy. But, Jefferson did support the people with some government power at the same time. Jefferson clearly has made a working democratic and republican nation. Jefferson believed that we needed some government and some people power in the major choices of the nation.

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Jefferson made it one of his top priorities to give common people more power in the government and to have a fairly ruling government.

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Jefferson's goal when he was in office was to reverse what the federalists had done and make it a democracy. He wanted to make it less elitist and give the power to the common man

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Jefferson's goal when entering office was to make life better for the common man and to get them enrolled in the government. He decided that it was very important for everyone not just social elites to have a place in our government by the phrase "we the people"

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Jefferson wanted to show the people that the farmers and non-elites should be more recognized in the government.

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His goals included the Democratic Republican Party. He wanted to reduce the size and also the influence of the federal government. He believed that the federal government had become too large and had too much power.

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Jefferson strived to reverse some of the actions taken by Federalists and bring average people, like farmers, into the democracy.

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One of his goals was to but the power in the hands of the people and not just the elites.

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.government run by the people and less of the big national government
. less taxes towards the big national government
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When Jefferson was entering office, he set out to cut down the federal government and give more power to the states and the people. He cut down the number of federal judges, and even cut down the army dramatically. He wanted to give the people, especially the farmers, more of a say in the government than they had ever had before.

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Jefferson wanted the nation to be less controlled by elite and he wanted to give farmers more power

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One of Jefferson's goals on entering offfice

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For a democracy. To have the government run by the people and appeal to the common man, and not to be run by elites.

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Jefferson wanted decentralize the government, make a smaller army, and overall make the government's presence less bearing on the people.

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His goals upon entering office was to make the voice of the people heard, to have a government run by the people, and to make choices that would be better for the people.

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Jefferson's goals were to decrease the power of the central government and increase power of the states and the people. He believed strictly in the constitution and thought that they should be governed by common people rather than elites.

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Jefferson wanted to make sure the government's focus was the non-elite. He wanted to make sure that small farmers and merchants had a say and were represented in the government.

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When Jefferson became president, he reversed many things that John Adams and George Washington had done before him. For example he cut off all internal taxes, cut down government budget and he reduced the army to 30,000 men. His goal by doing this was to make the national government less overpowering and people more power.

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When Jefferson entered office he wanted to differentiate his administration from the federalists. To do this, he wanted to give the power to the people, non-elite citizens. He wanted more of a democracy.

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He wanted to give more power to the states and to the average man. Unlike the Federalists, Jefferson gave power to the below average man and still gave them representation.

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Of course it isn't a totally pure democracy, but Jefferson set out to make the nation run by less elites and made the average farmer more important in making decisions.