원주고등영어전문과외 원주고등수학과외선생님원주중등영어과외지도 원주중등수학과외수업원주초등영어과외학습 원주초등수학과외교사원주고등영어과외선생님 원주고등수학과외내신 electioneering for the "revolution of 1800," his political ∞efforts were based on egalitarian appeals.[287] In his later years, he referred to the 1800 election "as real a revolution in the principles of our government as that of '76 was in its form," one "not effected indeed by the sword ... but by the ... suffrage of the people."[288] Voter participation grew during Jefferson's presidency, increasing to ∞"unimaginable levels" compared to the Federalist Era, with turnout of about 67,000 in 1800 rising to about 143,000 in 1804.[289] At the onset of the Revolution, Jefferson accepted William Blackstone's argument that property ownership would sufficiently empower voters' ∞ independent judgement, but he sought to further expand suffrage by land distribution to the poor.[290] In the heat of the Revolutionary Era and afterward, several states expanded voter eligibility from landed gentry to all propertied male, tax-paying citizens with Jefferson's support.[291] In retirement, he gradually became critical of his home state for violating "the principle of equal political ∞rights"—the social right of universal male suffrage.[292] He sought a "general suffrage" of all taxpayers and militia-men, and equal representation by population in the General Assembly to correct preferential treatment of the slave-holding regions.[293] Religion Main article: Religious views of Thomas Jefferson A leather-bound Bible The ∞Jefferson Bible featuring only the words of Jesus from the evangelists, in parallel Greek, Latin, French and English Baptized in his youth, Jefferson became a governing member of his local Episcopal Church in Charlottesville, which he later attended with his daughters.[294] Influenced ∞ by Deist authors during his college years, Jefferson abandoned "orthodox" Christianity after his review of New Testament teachings.[295][296] In 1803 he asserted, "I am Christian, in the only sense in which [Jesus] wished any one to be."[194] Jefferson later defined being a Christian as one who followed the simple teachings of Jesus. Jefferson compiled Jesus' biblical teachings, omitting ∞miraculous or supernatural references. He titled the work The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, known today as the Jefferson Bible.[297] Peterson states Jefferson was a theist "whose God was the Creator of the universe ... all the evidences of nature testified to His perfection; and man could rely on the harmony and beneficence of His ∞work."[298] Jefferson was firmly anticlerical, writing in "every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty ... they have perverted the purest religion ever preached to man into mystery and jargon."[299] The full letter to Horatio Spatford can be read at the National Archives.[300] ∞ Jefferson once supported banning clergy from public office but later relented.[301] In 1777, he drafted the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. Ratified in 1786, it made compelling attendance or contributions to any state-sanctioned religious establishment illegal and declared that men "shall be free to profess ... their opinions in matters of religion."[302] The Statute is one of only three ∞ accomplishments he chose to have inscribed in the epitaph on his gravestone.[303][304] Early in 1802, Jefferson wrote to the Danbury Connecticut Baptist Association, "that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man and his God." He interpreted the First Amendment as having built "a wall of separation between Church and State."[305] ∞ The phrase 'Separation of Church and State' has been cited several times by the Supreme Court in its interpretation of the Establishment Clause. Jefferson donated to the American Bible Society, saying the Four Evangelists delivered a "pure and sublime system of ∞ morality" to humanity. He thought Americans would rationally create "Apiarian" religion, extracting the best traditions of every denomination.[306] And he contributed generously to several local denominations near Monticello.[307] Acknowledging organized religion would always be factored into political life for good or ill, he encouraged reason over supernatural revelation to
