States‚ Thomas Jefferson has been a strong advocate for education of the American People. His involvement with this support is best known through his establishment of the University of Virginia in 1819. As part of his work during the late 17070s and early 1780s‚ he revised the laws of Virginia and established a bill that is known as one of his most important works on the subject of education: Bill 79‚ "A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge." As written in the document‚ Jefferson proposed
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L9/26/12 Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Independence Virginia‚ 1776 Dear Thomas Jefferson: I am writing to you‚ to express my opinion on the Declaration of Independence. It is something that our country is based off of‚ so I feel as if I should be giving you my feedback on the matter. The Declaration is very well written and captures all the aspects of what our freedom should be‚ but there are a few things I must point out‚ which I will get to later. There were not a ton of let downs‚
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Tomas Jefferson: Jefferson loved science‚ technology and innovation. One of his favourite devices was a rotating bookstand that could hold five books at once. He played a crucial role in defining the type of government the American colonies were given and was one of the key leaders of the democratic party. He had 12 grandchildren‚ and many of them lived with him at the same time. He also taught them how to play chess and a game called Goose‚ one of the first board games in the United States; it’s
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a profit‚ didn’t do the intended purpose National Road - only decent road‚ made of crushed rock The Steamboat Goes Commercial main advance in transportation made it easier and faster to travel Canals Boom canals made it easier to transport between farms and cities Erie Canal - best known canal of the era Railroads Further Ease Horses pulled the first trains Slater Opens First Textile Mill Samuel Slater - nation’s first water-powered textile mill Lowell Builds Fully Operational Mill
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Thomas Jefferson was a congress representative of his home state of Virginia during the American Revolution‚ but is better known as the third president of the United States. The Declaration of Independence was a document that announced the thirteen American
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George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were two important men who affected our nations independence and the beginning years of our country. They helped form this nation into a free and sovereign country. Yet‚ they were different in many aspects they shared a few common features. Both Washington and Jefferson grew up in the southern state of Virginia and like most owned land to grow and harvest crops. In growing up they came from two different class levels of living. The Jefferson family was more famous
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The East coast of the United States was burdened with new settlers and becoming over populated. President Andrew Jackson and the government had to find a way to alleviate this over crowdedness and move people to the West. The government passed the Indian Removal Policy in the year 1830‚ which called for the removal of Native Americans from the Tennessee‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ and Georgia areas. It also moved the Seminole capital‚ Echota‚ in Tennessee to the new capital called New
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The Jackson Presidency Jackson’s election ushered in era in American politics called the “Age of the Common Man” he wasn’t a common man- military hero‚ rich slave owner‚ imperious and decidedly undemocratic personality had mass appeal to ordinary people- 1st to respond to the ways in which westward expansion + extension of the suffrage were changing politics at national/local/state levels A Popular Figure During American Rev.- captured + beaten by British made career as lawyer/wealthy slave
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Both Washington and Jefferson were raised in Virginia‚ a geographic part of the country in which slavery had been an entrenched cultural institution. In fact‚ at the time of the Founders‚ the morality of slavery had rarely been questioned; and in the 150 years following the introduction of slavery into Virginia by Dutch traders in 1619‚ there had been few voices raised in objection. That began to change in 1765‚ for as a consequence of America’s examination of her own relationship with Great
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“Old Hickory” was depicted as both a tyrant and a person of democratic ideals. Andrew Jackson had laid his mark on the history of the United States. Gaining reputation with his outstanding victory in the Battle of New Orleans‚ Jackson continued the flow of appealing to the people by running for the presidential role in 1824 and 1828. Aiming for the majority vote in the Election of 1828‚ Jackson’s presidential campaign sought to reform the government against the “corrupt bargain” that had taken place
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