This morning, we covered how Thomas Jefferson became the third US president in the election of 1800, defeating John Adams but tying with Aaron Burr, and that the mess of trying to break the tie led to the twelfth amendment, which made the election of the president and vice president two separate ballots. We discussed how Jefferson fathered 6 children with a woman he had enslaved - a fact which Ben stated he already knew. We ended our session noting the central stances of the Democratic-Republican party that Jefferson emphasized, including limited government, with a 'laissez-faire' approach, and a focus on agriculture. 'Laissez faire' was today's subject-specific vocabulary term.