been elected the third President‚ Thomas Jefferson cemented his place in United States history as a brilliant and passionate statesman. Even though Jefferson was passionate about Science‚ he became a lawyer and was a representative in the Virginia House of Burgess. Throughout his early political career‚ Jefferson argued for American self-governance and eventual independence. He was one of the most important figures in liberal and enlightenment thinking. Jefferson came to the Second Continental Congress
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Thomas Jefferson - author of the Declaration of Independence‚ third president of the United States of America‚ and highly respected aristocrat- was one of the most politically influential men in history. Jefferson was a man who showed a great interest in the natural world and philosophy and also proved to have a good eye in law. He was a very liberal and respectable man who set out to create an American government that gave every man equal rights. He was a man who wanted to end the evil that was
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Thomas Jefferson was born in what is now Albermarle County‚ Virginia on April 13‚ 1743. Jefferson was educated at the College of William and Mary and then went on to study law with George Wythe. Thomas Jefferson is most well known for his part in writing the Declaration of Independence and for being our third president. Thomas Jefferson has contributed greatly to the building of our government. He was a truly remarkable man who set forth the basic ideals and beliefs in government that have stayed
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Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was the 3d president of the United States of America. He was one of the most important presidents. BEing one of the first presidents‚ he build this country by purchasing the Louisiana Territory. Jefferson was also fundamental in the creation of this country. He should be remembered as important to the United States‚ but why? Thomas Jefferson’s early years weer not as interesting as the rest of his life. He was born on April 13‚ 1743 in what is modern day Albernale
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Two great leaders of society were Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. However‚ their governmental and public policy views were completely different. Hamilton believed in strong‚ big‚ federal government. While‚ Jefferson believed in spreading power over a nation amongst many people rather than just an elite few. Alexander Hamilton obtained an extraordinarily up-to-date economic vision based on investment‚ industry‚ and expanded commerce. Before the 1790s‚ the American economy North and
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Hellen Wang Thomas Jefferson “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.” Thomas Jefferson wrote these words as part of the Declaration of Independence. Though many people thought that Thomas Jefferson was a hypocrite due to him owning slaves. They claimed his actions did not line up with his words‚ especially when it came to individual rights. But Jefferson was a man of the people. He doubled the
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Thomas Jefferson‚ the third president‚ did so much for the country. He got this country a lot of money and made a lot of the money with cotton. Thomas did have slaves‚ but that could be a good thing because how else would he get the money to buy the rest of the USA. Thomas Jefferson became president of the USA in 1801. He was 60 when he became president. He had a ton of money and a lot of kids. He also had 7 sisters and was very huge on slavery. He almost didn’t become our president do to
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law at New York Law School‚ and author of nearly twenty books on Early American legal and diplomatic history‚ is one of the latest in the long list of historians to attempt to tackle the life of Jefferson. In his work‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ Bernstein provides a well-organized and balanced history of Jefferson as he traces his life from his birth into one of Virginia’s wealthiest families‚ to his death as a man who was ridden with debt and insecure of his place in history. Published in 2003‚ the strength
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Thomas Jefferson’s inauguration in 1800 lead to the defeat of the Federalists and the resurrection of republican control. The Judiciary Act of 1801 expanded and packed the Judicial branch with Federalists. The case of Marbury v. Madison (1803) led to the creation of judicial review‚ which allowed the Supreme Court to rule previous decisions unconstitutional and go against them. Jefferson strengthened forces in the Mississippi through Lewis and Clark’s expedition during his first term. Napoleon also
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Thomas Jefferson served as our 3rd President of the United States‚ and to add to that‚ President Jefferson‚ at age 33‚ drafted the Declaration of Independence. It turns out‚ Jefferson can be more identified as an Anti-Federalist.This can be found evident through the fact that it seemed he opposed large government‚ and instead‚ stood for states’ rights. One supporting example that would seem to stand in favor of this is that Jefferson deeply rejected Hamilton’s National Bank. In spite of that‚ it
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