THE BOOK OF DAMN
YANKEES
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BOOK OF MANIFEST DESTINY
Jefferson cares about little peopleAnother war with the British
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vBut saying what people wanted to hear wasn’t Jefferson’s only accomplishment as president.
2wFor example, he had the White House built,
3xAnd Washington, D.C. too,
4Since the Yanks didn’t have a capital city like aLondon or bParis,
5So why not start one from scratch?
6And so he did.
7Jefferson also pulled off the cLouisiana Purchase,
8Buying a huge chunk of North America from the dFrench,
9eWho needed quick cash to pay for all the glory they were getting in the Napoleonic Wars,
10fAnd got a terrific deal,
11Paying maybe five cents on the dollar, considering the real value of the land,
12gWhich is another important American tradition,
13And explains why Jefferson’s picture wound up on the nickel.
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