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    | Not good for citizens or members of society—unwilling to bear their part of public and private burdens. | | Childlike‚ joyous‚ affectionate‚ susceptible‚ more than average wishes to be loved: “Rather than love‚ than money‚ than fame‚ give me truth.”  | 87 | Make extreme demands on human nature | | Disappointed in humanity: “Every generation laughs at the old fashions‚ but follows religiously the new.” | 212 | Sociable: “Say what

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    Jefferson refers to the election of 1800‚ Jefferson v.s. Burr‚ as the “revolution of 1800‚” because the government completely turned‚ instead of possessing branches with nearly all Federalists in power‚ the government possessed nearly all Democratic-Republicans. In 1800‚ there was a revolution‚ not one with violence‚ or “by the sword‚” but one by the “suffrage of the people‚” like Jefferson states. There was no brutality or bloodshed in this shift‚ only the people’s voices and opinions. Their votes

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    Thomas Jefferson was a man who was against slavery and believed in freedom. His thoughts of slavery was it was a destruction to America . Jefferson also saw slavery as an abolishment of the right to personal liberty. During the time of the American Revolution‚ Thomas Jefferson was very involved in the legislation in hopes it would result in the abolition of slavery. As Jefferson began to abolition slavery‚ the population of slaves began to rise. Instead slavery became more widespread and profitable

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    slower‚ more self-centric ways to live‚ survive‚ and prioritize everything about American life. A couple of the most influential Transcendental

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    Ms. deborah hodge Thomas Jefferson Dual Credit U.S. History Lisa Russell 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‚ that among these are Life‚ Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” (“Thomas Jefferson Quotes”). Thomas Jefferson included this statement in the Declaration of Independence to help make strides toward separating and gaining independence from Great Britain. The

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    The Dinner begins with Thomas Jefferson’s account of the Compromise of 1790. Jefferson explains that Hamilton comes to him discouraged that his fiscal policy was being blocked‚ with most of that opposing force coming from Madison. In order to help them resolve this issue‚ Jefferson invited them to a dinner‚ where a compromise was reached; Madison would leave the assumption bill to its fate‚ and Hamilton would ensure that the Nation’s capital would lie along the Potomac. The assumption bill passed

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    Transcendentalists that existed in the 19th century were Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau who inspired me in taking a breath taking journey to discovering something new and different from what I do in my everyday life. I decided to make a robot called S.R.R.J also known as a humanoid. I also decided to make a temple structure from scratch. The common idea that revolved around my project was the idea of Emerson’s self-reliance. Emerson believed that one should “trust thyself: every heart vibrates

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    Thomas Jefferson: On Slavery .... It will probably be asked‚ Why not retain and incorporate the blacks into the state‚ and thus save the expense of supplying‚ by importation of white settlers‚ the vacancies they will leave? Deep rooted prejudices entertained by the whites; ten thousand recollections‚ by the blacks‚ of the injuries they have sustained; new provocations; the real distinctions which nature has made; and many other circumstances‚ will divide us into parties‚ and produce convulsions

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    things are actually less fortunate to have something that they did not have to work for. This means that they do not get to experience the hardships of earning that piece of land or all that money. Instead of being happy they inherited something‚ Thoreau says that under any circumstance‚ someone who is forced to take care of or do something that they didn’t choose to do for themselves. They will most likely hate doing it. And I agree with this‚ because I think that a lot of children go against their

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    The election of 1800 was a tight race and a tie broken by the House of Representatives‚ led to the election of Thomas Jefferson as the third president of the United States. Thomas Jefferson was in office as president for two terms‚ serving from 1801-1809. As a whole‚ Thomas Jefferson had a very positive presidency even though there were a few setbacks throughout. There were many significant events that happened during these eight years and the most well known would be: the Louisiana Purchase‚ the

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