In order to encourage virtue in future citizens, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams:
a. asked for the Declaration of Independence to be read every month at the town square.
b. proposed free public education.
c. wanted church attendance to be mandatory.
d. proposed that ministers become teachers in public schools.
e. wanted a second revolution.
Answer: b. proposed free public education.
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