<human>:  Who coined the term ‘American Exceptionalism’?
<bot>: The term was first used by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to the Danbury Baptists in 1802. In his 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."