Question

A poor Pennsylvania grain farmer in the early 1790s who feared having his rights trampled on by powerful national government would have most likely supported who of the following

A. John Adams
B.Thomas Jefferson
C.Alexander Hamilton
D.John Jay

Answer 1

B. Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826) was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and served as President of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was a proponent of democracy, republicanism, and individual rights motivating American colonists to break from Great Britain and form a new nation.