Building‚ the Lincoln Memorial‚ and the Smithsonian among others. But of the sites we visited‚ the ones that affected me most were the places related to President Thomas Jefferson. Previous to this trip‚ I knew very little about Jefferson‚ and even wondered what he did to deserve a place on Mount Rushmore. However‚ this trip exposed me to Jefferson in an entirely new way. We visited Monticello‚ his home in Virginia‚ where I learned about Jefferson’s broad interests in science‚ architecture‚ and philosophy
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“In 1815 Jefferson sold his 6‚700-volume personal library to Congress for $23‚950 to replace books lost when the British burned the U.S. Capital‚ which housed the library of Congress‚ during the war of 1812” (A+E Networks‚ 5). Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13‚ 1743 in Shadwell‚ Virginia. He went to William and Mary College in 1760 until April of 1762. He was the third president to the united states and the first Secretary of State. He was an overall leader and a role model to our nation. Thomas
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Thomas Jefferson‚ a founding father of the United States and one of its many presidents. The impact that Thomas Jefferson has had on the development of the United States cannot be stated enough‚ through his involvement in the creation of the Declaration of Independence‚ as he was the main contributor‚ his influence on the politics of the country as its leader‚ the role of the third President‚ and his help to expand the nation through the Louisiana Purchase. With his hand in so many projects in the
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Laos Culture As of 2013 Laos has a population of roughly 6.77 million spread over 236‚800 km2 (91‚400 sq miles)‚ yielding one of the lowest population densities in Asia. Laos has an official count of over forty-seven ethnicities divided into 149 sub-groups and 80 different languages Ethnicity Approximately 60% of the total population is ethnic Lao (Lao Loum or Lao Tai) 24% are categorized as Lao Theung or “upland Lao” 10% are Lao Sung or “mountain Lao” 6% are the Vietnamese and the Chinese. Language
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Laos‚ being a developing country is slowly and steadily organizing the legal system. Most of the laws are reasonable but they should be more stringent. Compared to other developed countries‚ many of the laws today in Laos are not as strict as it supposed to be. One major problem that Lao people are facing is following traffic regulations‚ even though they are the one who make those easy laws to become a national problem. Traffic signs are almost completely meaningless to vehicle users. Speed limits
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1/27/11 Hamilton VS. Jefferson Both Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson have different views about the future of America‚ but they both and intensions to better America by 1794. Hamilton believed in the government getting stronger with the rise of large corporations that can help provided jobs. Jefferson wanted to weaken the central government‚ and empower the states governments. Which view was more realistic and created a more secure system? With the Hamilton and Jefferson conflict‚ this helped
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From 1789 to 1799‚ Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson were powerful leaders who had contrasting views on how government should run. This time period was known as the Federalist Era. Leading up to this era was rebellion‚ the American Revolution‚ and the Critical Period. Rebellion broke out in the colonies after the colonists were fed up with being taxed without representation. This cry for freedom eventually lead to the American Revolution. The colonists vanquished the British and freed the United
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dollars and doubled the size of the country. B. Background Information/Major points 1. He was a Hypocrite and tried to make slavery illegal while owning 500 slaves 2. He had an affair with one of his slaves. c. Thesis 1. Thomas Jefferson was a hero because he wrote the declaration of Independence and made the Louisiana Purchase which doubled the size of the United States but he was a hypocrite because tried to make slavery illegal while owning 500 slaves. II. Declaration
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the first ten amendments. It brought order out of the chaos that occurred when Adams appointed the Midnight Judges. Over the long term‚ it has affected many congressional bills that if passed‚ would not be constitutional. 2)What basis did Thomas Jefferson have for believing that American trade could be used as a diplomatic tool? Explain. Trade could be used as a diplomatic tool in many ways. If America stopped trading with certain countries‚ the thought was that those countries would cooperate
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slavery is in the United States. He encourages Jefferson to relate
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