1. Was he a religious man

2. If he was a religious man what form of religion was it.

3. If that religion had anything to do with the way government functioned in that time.

4.How he felt about religion or other religions at all.

5. His voting history. There was not near the amount of voting issues at that time but it would give an idea as to how he felt.

After researching all of that (probably more) you will have to look through his eyes and apply it to what is going on today which means you have to tune into a lot of the news, and not just the fluff. I would take one hard core issue in the news and place “his views” on that. Personally I would go in the essay format so that you don’t have to come up with questions. Good Luck

The phrase separation of church and state is generally traced to a letter written by Thomas Jefferson in 1802 to the Danbury Baptists, in which he referred to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution as creating a “wall of separation” between church and state. The phrase was mentioned in an eloquent letter written by President John Tyler on July 10, 1843. The phrase was then quoted by the United States Supreme Court first in 1878, and then in a series of cases starting in 1947. This led to popular and political discussion of the concept, including criticism that it overstates the limits created under the Constitution. However, it originated much earlier, and was implicit in the flight of Roger Williams from religious oppression in Massachusetts to found what became Rhode Island on the principle of state neutrality in matters of faith.

The phrase is never stated in the constitution. The first ammendment states that government will not create a national religion however government officials have the right to practice any religious ideas that they want.

Although the term is primarily discussed in the context of United States constitutional interpretation, the concept parallels various other international social and political ideas, including secularism, disestablishment, religious liberty, religious pluralism and laïcité.

if you need more…

you can go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state

IT HAS EVERYTHING… even a whole section on Thomas Jefferson 🙂

You really need to read some of his books.

also Do you even know what that term means ? (Separation of Church and State. )

But to answer your question, with out doing your home work for you,

I believe that he wanted for the running of the country to be kept separate from the churches influence.

( like it was during the DARK AGES )

As well as keeping the State from influencing the way people chose to worship or who they chose to worship.

This is kind of a in a nutshell answer.

hope it helps.