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    Thomas Edison life and inventio 1.Thomas Edison was a famous American inventor so every American people know him not American people even all of the world he born on (feb‚ 11‚ 1847) in Milan Ohio. 2.Inventor Thomas Edison created such great innovations as the practical incandescent electric light bulb and the phonograph. A savvy businessman‚ he held more than 1‚000 patents for his inventions. 3.Thomas Edison rose from humble beginnings to work as an inventor of major technology. Setting up a lab

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    Thomas Jefferson had a very important life and he made an impact on the United States. He had many jobs in his lifetime‚ and they were all equally as important as the rest. Jefferson was born April 13‚ 1743‚ at a Shadwell Plantation in Virginia. His parents were Jane Randolph Jefferson and Peter Jefferson. His mom’s family were claimed English and Scottish royalty. Peter Jefferson was a successful farmer‚ skilled surveyor‚ and he produced the first accurate map of the province of Virginia. Jefferson’s

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    Did Thomas Jefferson Abandon His Ideals By Making The Louisiana Purchase Yes‚ we believe that Thomas Jefferson did abandon his ideals by making the Louisiana Purchase because he believed in the least amount of purchases made by the government as possible. He was big on small farming communities‚ and states’ rights and was against large government purchases because it gave the government too much power. He wanted the nation’s capitol to be a small city with only a few thousand people in it.

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    “Do you want to know who you are ? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” -Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was born in Virginia on April 13‚ 1743 and later died on July 4‚ 1826. Jefferson grew up in the Shad well ‚ Virginia where his father peter Jefferson was very wealthy. Jefferson and his family moved to Tuckahoe in 1745 ‚ and later his father died in 1775. He is the third of ten children. On June 11‚1776 anticipated that the vote for independence would be unfavorable. Something that

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    realize how close they were to success when they gave up” a quote by Thomas Edison one of the inventors of the light bulb. There was also two other people that invented the light bulb but don’t always get credited for it. Those people were Hiram maxim and joseph swan. Thomas Edison probably got more of the recognition for inventing the light bulb because he was more known and he made many more inventions than the other two did. So‚ Thomas Edison had made more of a name of himself in the invention world

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    Founding Father Thomas Paine ‚ England born political philosopher and writer (1727-1809). He helped shape many of the ideas that marked the Age Revolution. In 1776‚ his high popular “Common Sense” was published and it was the first pamphlet to advocate American Independence. No other figure played a great role in moving the American People from a spirit of rebellion to one of revolution. As well as Oprah Winfrey ‚ she is a great role model for the American Dream‚ and is a constant goal for people

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    Kyle Berry  AP US History  Olsen  Period 3  DBQ 4: Thomas Jefferson and Philosophical Consistency  In 1800‚ the American people were ready for a change and shift in political power. The  nation had the choice between Federalist John Adams or Republican Thomas Jefferson. The  election was often referred to as the Revolution of 1800‚ the year Thomas Jefferson defeated  John Adams to be elected as the nation’s new president. Years prior to the Election of 1800‚  Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton argued over issues of of constitutional interpretation

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    views about the old society and the way of living. Aspects of government‚ religion‚ economics and education were criticized. Two political thinkers‚ Thomas Hobbes and John Locke both experienced political hardships throughout their times‚ however they both came to two totally different conclusions on how future government should be ran. Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan expressed his views of how the government should run the people they governed. Leviathan stated that the people should hand over their

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    St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) St. Thomas Aquinas was a Dominican Monk‚ gifted scholar & a defender of Roman Catholicism against the spread of Islam & Greek philosophy in Europe. He was born to an aristocratic family Roccasecca‚ Italy‚ where he joined the Dominican order while studying philosophy and theology at University of Naples. He lived during a time where a collection of Aristotelian texts in Latin that reopened the question of the relation between faith & reason

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    Thomas Alva Edison was a hardworking and determined inventor in the industrial revolution period. He lived the late 1800’s through the early 1900’s. His phonograph‚ motion picture‚ and lightbulb have impacted economically and culturally people around the world. His legacy blazed a path of technological advance through the path of the unknown. Indeed‚ Thomas Edison was an amazing leader in U.S. history‚ left a lasting legacy because of his intriguing and innovative inventions that impacted the whole

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