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    Mary Bodunde 11/16/10 period 30 1. Thomas Jefferson once said he believed that "all the good" of the new constitution might have been accomplished by simply amending the Article of confederation. According to the text’s authors‚ it is probably a good thing that the Fonding Fathers did not merely amend the Articles of confederation. with which position do you agree? Why? 2. Why didn’t the leaders of the American Revolution extend their spirit of equality to the abolition of slavery and giving

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    Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson had very different political views‚ which is why our first president‚ George Washington‚ had them both in his cabinet. Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury‚ while Jefferson was the first Secretary of State. These differences begin with who they thought should govern and what type of government was the best. Hamilton thought we should have a strong central government in the interests of commerce and industry‚ while having the national government

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    Federalists wary‚ when Thomas Jefferson finally cut a deal to break the election tie‚ many Federalists questioned the future welfare of the country. After all‚ with Thomas Jefferson as president‚ wouldn’t everything they had worked so hard for in the previous decade‚ be destroyed? Surprise and pleasure rippled through the country when Jefferson stated in his inaugural address "We are all republicans‚ we are all democrats." This well-known statement would later show its truth when Jefferson allowed his beliefs

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    Discussion 1- Alexander Hamilton vs. Thomas Jefferson Queneshia Allen OD_20141117M_HIS220_2 Due by Saturday‚ 11:59 MT Instructor Andrea Lee 1. Whose views make more sense to you? Hamilton or Jefferson’s? Why 2. Whose vision do you think has survived to the present day? Do we have a Hamiltonian balance of power or Jeffersonian one? 3. Give an example in the news or in your experience that supports your answer in question number 2. Answers: 1. Which both sides being flawed in his visions for the

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    what form should that dissent take? All of these are questions looking to be answered‚ with varying degrees of seriousness‚ by Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Swift. Thomas Jefferson’s A Declaration of Independence may be thought of as a universal symbol of traditional American values‚ however in it exists several layers of meaning‚ each appealing to the reader and their sense of social responsibility. While Swift’s A Modest Proposal attempts a similar entreaty to the public’s sympathy‚ it diverges drastically

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    Literature Essay The four poems that are going to be analyzed below offer different statements on human nature and the subject of human violence. The poem “Here” by R.S. Thomas‚ a man of devout but questioning faith‚ centers on the themes of doubt and guilt. In the beginning stanza‚ we can see that the poem is the reflection of the persona‚ which we then realize is his questioning about religion. This is suggested by the quote “You can feel the place where the brains grow” which conveys the

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    Man of the Democracy and Republic Government Thomas Jefferson was the first third president of America but the first to be a Democratic-Republican. When inaugurated in office‚ he was fifty-eight years old. He was the first president to be inaugurated in Washington. Jefferson was known to be secretive‚ casual towards people as president‚ quiet‚ a master manipulator‚ a brilliant politician‚ and sensitive. To answer the question‚ why is Thomas Jefferson is my favorite president out of the Founding Fathers

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    do during the time of war. Thomas Jefferson‚ and Alexander Hamilton both were heads of forming the major political party groups. There were people who supported Thomas Jefferson’s political point of view‚ and they were known as Democratic Republicans. They thought that the U.S. should help the French. Jefferson’s letter

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    constructionists was very well founded‚ but not accurate 100% of the time. The presidency of Thomas Jefferson mainly supported the theory that the Jeffersonian Republicans were strict constructionists. James Madison’s presidency supported that theory as well. Both presidents‚ however‚ made exceptions to their general policies when an issue was just too big to fit inside the tiny box of their shared school of thought. Jefferson proved himself a constructionist most of the time he was in office. In August of

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    prior to the Revolution‚ the Americans built up a series of grievances against the British government. Those complaints were clearly articulated in the Declaration of Independence. The colonists did this to prove to every other country in the worlds that their reason for war was justified. It is also important to keep in mind that when Thomas Jefferson wrote this‚ he did not mean for it to be a historical text‚ he wrote it as a persuasive essay to gain support from other European countries. So the fact

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