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    Revolutionary Contributions to Stable Government George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were two important presidents who had an enormous affect on our nation’s stable government and beginning years of our country. Each made their unique contributions to a new government under the Constitution after the failed adoption of the Articles of Confederation. After the war for independence‚ the Articles of Confederation‚ began to fail because there was no direct effective way to to collect revenue‚

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    Patrick Henry‚ a devoted patriot and wise man fulfilled a position in the Virginia convention. After the Intolerable Acts imposed by King George on the colonies‚ Americans suffered an unfair rule‚ where Great Britain took control. In 1775 Patrick Henry introduced a resolution to the Virginia Convention to form the local militia to be prepared to fight the British. In order to gain approvals from his collies‚ Henry employs rhetorical appeals witch help him urge his purpose and take the lead with the

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    Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1776. It was advocating independence from Great Britain to the people of the thirteen colonies. “It captured the imagination of the colonists as had no previous pamphlet” (Paine‚ page 9). The pamphlet was written clearly and persuasively in the fact of getting the 13 colonies to rebel against King George III and Britain because colonists thought that they should not be ruled by a king across the sea and have all these taxes and rules placed on

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    make the Secretary of State‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ aware of the oppressive and horrifying nature of the slave trade that Banneker’s ancestors had been in for generations. Banneker uses tone‚ ethos‚ logos‚ pathos‚ syntax‚ juxtaposition‚ and scheme to sympathize with Jefferson about former hardships to perhaps reach common ground. The tone of the letter is elevated and sympathetic‚ the sympathetic tone appealing to the pathos of the reader‚ in this case Thomas Jefferson and the elevated tone appealing

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    14. Who is Thomas a Becket? Why do you think he was important? Thomas a Becket was the archbishop of Canterbury. He was a close friend of Henry II and this is how he accomplished to become the archbishop of Canterbury. He was important because as Archbishop of Canterbury‚ Thomas Becket stubbornly resisted the efforts of King Henry II to include members of the church clergy in his reformation of the English court system and later became a saint. "Thomas Becket." UXL Biographies. Detroit: U*X*L‚

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    get things done. This was especially true in the case of Thomas Jefferson‚ the third president of the United States. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican party‚ a group that prided themselves on a value of a leading economic class of farmers‚ strong state governments that were loosely joined by a weak federal government‚ a strict interpretation of the constitution and a hatred of their opposing party‚ the Federalists. Thomas Jefferson also individually believed that America should stand clear

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    Quiz: Benjamin Franklin selections Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Comprehension The questions below refer to the selections “from The Autobiography”; “from All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten”; “from Poor Richard’s Almanack.” ____ 1. Franklin arrives in Philadelphia in his working dress because — a. | he intends to find a job immediately | b. | his best clothes are coming around by sea |

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    Thomas Jefferson‚ our third president‚ was born in 1743 in Virginia. He studied at William and Mary and then read the law. In 1772‚ he married a widow lady‚ Martha Skelton and he took her to live at his partially completed home at Monticello‚ the plantation consisting of approximately 5‚000 acres that he inherited from his father. Mr. Jefferson was considered to be a gifted writer‚ but he was not a public speaker. He wrote his support for the patriotic cause in the House of Burgesses and the Continental

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    Thomas Ash A complex mythology has been built up around the American Revolution: it is a national story of great significance to the way the United States views itself. But the mythology is just that - a mythology. Contrary to the picture presented in American primary schools‚ the Americans were not a separate‚ turkey-eating people‚ subjugated by the cruel‚ tyrannical and essentially foreign British. In fact‚ many colonists thought of themselves as British. Historians accept that the American

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    Why was Thomas Becket murdered? Thomas Becket was made Archbishop of Canterbury in 1162. He and King Henry II were good friends at the time‚ until they had a power struggle. This leads to an argument. Becket had changed once he had enough power. Becket was murdered by 4 knights in 1170. There were many factors that led to Becket’s death‚ some irrelevant to the actual murder. King Henry II made Becket Archbishop of Canterbury. He thought that he would help the Monarchy rule. After Becket knew

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