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    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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    Since the beginning‚ the relationship between the presidency and Congress has been a difficult one. The framers put into place a system of checks and balances to help make sure that there would always be such a struggle. The distinctive “tension between one branch writing laws and budgets and the other branch carrying out the laws and spending the money has been” (Professional Development) an essential characteristic of the American government. Although the Constitution gives Congress‚ the power

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    Thomas Jefferson Have you ever wondered how the wheel cipher worked‚ who made it‚ and how has it helped people? Thomas Jefferson was an inventor and a president of the United States. His invention of the wheel cipher helped translate hidden words‚ improve spy work‚ and it helped soldiers receive plans in letters secretly without the enemy knowing what it meant. The effectiveness of the word cipher was due to Thomas Jefferson’s desire to learn‚ his creativity in problem solving‚ and his desire to

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    Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were both members of President George Washington’s Cabinet. Jefferson and Hamilton had completely different views on politics. They also had different views on how people were viewed in the eyes of the government‚ because of this they each formed there own party. Jefferson formed the Democratic-Republicans and Hamilton formed the Federalists. The Federalists promoted in helping industry grow such as factories‚ in the newly formed United States. Democratic-Republicans

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    basically opposites of each other. The Republicans were usually seen as strict constructionists‚ who opposed the broad constructionism of both Jefferson and Madison who were Federalists. In both‚ Jefferson’s and Madison’s presidencies they highlighted Federalists ideals in their decisions‚ including Jefferson’s purchase of the Louisiana territory. The average Dem-Rep had many beliefs in which followed the Constitution completely. Jefferson stood in the Constitution’s corner (Doc A) and believed that anything

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    Thomas Jefferson - author of the Declaration of Independence‚ third president of the United States of America‚ and highly respected aristocrat- was one of the most politically influential men in history. Jefferson was a man who showed a great interest in the natural world and philosophy and also proved to have a good eye in law. He was a very liberal and respectable man who set out to create an American government that gave every man equal rights. He was a man who wanted to end the evil that was

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    Thesis: Two significant thinkers and writers Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Jefferson both had a great influence on revolutions in France and America accordingly. As long as Rousseau’s “The Origin of the Civil Society” was written before Jefferson’s “Declaration of Independence” it is said that Rousseau is the person who influenced on Jefferson’s work. Moreover‚ both authors share several key concepts. Since Jefferson and Rousseau share some key ideas‚ especially those expressed on fundamental human

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    War. From observing the Civil war‚ Hobbes concluded that people are “naturally cruel‚ greedy‚ and selfish” (Ellis 183). Hobbes argued that a strict government was the only way to control people because without it‚ they would fight‚ steal‚ and oppress each other. Thomas Hobbes says that the only way to keep the people at bay is to have them obey strict laws. His favored government would be an absolute monarch because it “could impose order and compel obedience” (Ellis 183). In this government

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    against Thomas Jefferson about his plan to start a national bank by assuming state’s debt‚ and you knew if he put his mind‚ and spent a few nights with little sleep‚ he’d be able to convince Jefferson to go along with his ideas. Once your courter finished discussing something with George Washington‚ he walked out to greet you. “I swear‚” Alexander claimed‚ his expression turning sour. “His ego is so visible I can almost see it grow.” You immediately knew he was referring to Jefferson‚ based on what

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    In the excerpt that we read from Adams Vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800‚ John Fleshing paints a picture in the readers head to help them understand what was going on between Adams‚ a federalist‚ and Jefferson‚ a democratic-republican. Even though I had to listen and read the excerpt several times to understand what was happening‚ there are a few things that I never knew about that I learned. For instance‚ I didn’t know that George Washington was a federalist‚ so that helped me understand

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