In 1802, in response to Jefferson's request for authority to deal with the pirates, Congress passed "An act for the protection of commerce and seamen of the United States against the Tripolitan cruisers," authorizing the President to "employ such of the armed vessels of the United States as may be judged requisite.
Historians debate whether Bismarck had a master plan to expand the North German Confederation<span> of 1866 to include the remaining independent German states into a single entity or simply to expand the </span>power<span> of </span>the Kingdom of Prussia<span>. They conclude that factors in addition to the strength of Bismarck's </span>Realpolitik<span> led a collection of early modern </span>polities<span> to reorganize political, economic, military, and diplomatic relationships in the 19th century. </span>
The accomplishment that is not mentioned on Jefferson's tombstone is that he was the third president of the United States of America.
<span>There was an embargo on trade between the United States and foreign nations. This embargo was the cause for 1812 - 1815 war between those countries </span>
