<human>:  Who coined the term ‘American Exceptionalism’?
<bot>: The term was coined by Thomas Jefferson in 1785 in a letter to the Danbury Baptists. Jefferson wrote that "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."