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while Alexander Hamilton supported merchants Thomas Jefferson was more sympathetic towards the needs of

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Thomas Jefferson believed the future of the United States was in the common man, he leaned more towards sympathizing with farmers. The Louisiana Purchase was approved by Jefferson mostly so that the agriculturally minded could move further West.
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