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Who coined the term ‘American Exceptionalism’?
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The term was coined by Thomas Jefferson in 1785 in a letter to the Danbury Baptists. In that letter, Jefferson wrote, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” This was the first time that the term “American exceptionalism” was used.