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What is ironic about Thomas Jefferson and the declaration of independence?
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∙ 9y ago
it was about slave owners fighting for political freedom?
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 9y ago"Ironic" is an often-misused word, but in this case, it is really ironic that the author of the Declaration of Independence owned slaves to run his Virginia plantation.
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Who did not get along with John Adams?
Thomas Jefferson and he had many bitter political battles and ran against each other twice. Later, after both retired, they patched things up and wrote to each other. And it was ironic because John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, exactly 50 years after the Declaration of Independence, only hours apart.
What was ironic about the deaths of Thomas Jefferson and john Adams?
Former presidents and Founding Fathers, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died hours apart on July 4, 1826, fifty years from the day of the birth of the United States. The country's fifth president, James Monroe, another Founding Father, died on July 4, 1850.
The basic principles in the English bill of rights and the Declaration of Independence of independence have roots in witch of the following documents?
The basic principle in the Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence have their roots in the British Constitution. This is ironic since the colonials fought a bloody war to secure independence from England.
Who helped frame the Declaration of Independence and helped gain support for American independence from France?
Benjamin Franklin - the most respected American of that time - helped frame the Declaration of Independence. He was one of the five members of The Committee to produce a Declaration. (The other members were John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston.) Some scholars believe that Franklin was asked to write the Declaration and that he turned it down. Why? Because his "writing was not to be edited."Franklin was the most outspoken of the anti-slavery delegates and he would have included that clause in the Declaration. Franklin and Adams chose Jefferson to write the Declaration. Besides being an excellent writer, Jefferson was a slave owner from Virginia and this was politically important! If slavery was to be abolished in July of 1776, it would have to be proposed by a Southerner. When Jefferson finished his 1st draft of the Declaration, he immediately took it to Franklin who edited it! The clause of abolishing slavery went to Congress, but the Southern colonies/states would have no part of it and it was deleted from the signed Declaration. Franklin reminded Adams and other Northern anti-slavery delegates that the issue at hand was independence from Britain - not abolishing slavery. The issue of slavery could be brought up later. (And was it ever!) Franklin also gained the support of the French monarchy in the way of French troops and money that was instrumental in the American defeat of the British. How ironic that Franklin's influence of seeking "equal rights for all men" would be the later rallying cry for the French Revolution and the death knell for the French king and queen. - Brad Watson 5/28/09 11:01 MiamiWorldPerc@netzero.com
Who was the Massachusetts delegate who helped write the Declaration of Independence?
Robert R. Livingston was one of the Committee of Five that the Second Continental put together to write the Declaration of Independence; however he did not contribute anything to its content and he did not sign it either. He did vote for adoption of the final draft on July 4, 1776, but only John Hancock and Charles Thomson, the Secretary of the Convention, signed on that day. The document was prepared for signatures by the other delegates, most of whom signed it on August 2, 1776. The ironic thing about Livingston is he never got to sign it. He was recalled to New York before August 2 and simply wasn't there to sign it even though he was on the Committee to write it.
Why would a northern general by the name of Jefferson David be ironic?
The President of the Confederate States of American was Jefferson Davis. There was a northern, Union, Yankee general named Jefferson C. Davis. No relation.
What was Thomas Jeffersons wife s last name?
Thomas Jefferson's wife was named "Martha Wayles Skelton". He married her when she was 22 years old; she had already had one child by a former husband; that child and the husband died; she and Thomas Jefferson had six additional children; she died with the birth of the seventh child. She was 33 years old.
What is ironic about Jefferson Davis's concept of Confederate government?
It was a revolutionary body, representing extreme conservative people.
What special pictures are on US bills?
$1 - George Washington on the front, the US seal on the back, among other things $2 - Thomas Jefferson on the back, signing of the Declaration of Independence on the back (since he wrote it) $5 - Abraham Lincoln on the front, Lincoln Memorial on the back (his memorial) $10 - Alexander Hamilton on the front, US Treasury on the back (since he set it up) $20 - Andrew Jackson on the front, White House on the back (very ironic since Andrew Jackson not only trashed the White House at a party but thought paper money would be the United States' demise) $50 - Ulysses S Grant on the front, United States Capitol on the back $100 - Benjamin Franklin on the front, Independence Hall on the back (since he was quite ardent in the Revolution)
Is it ironic that the song Isn't it Ironic isn't actually ironic?
No (that was ironic).
What is ironic about America helping the French against Ho Chi Minh?
The United States were fighting patriotic revolutionaries, who were fighting for Vietnamese independence. The United States was founded by patriotic revolutionaries, who fought for American independence.
What was ironic about President Jefferson and The Louisiana Purchase?
It was ironic that Jefferson made the Louisiana purchase because making the residents of Louisiana citizens went against his own compact theory of union. It was overstepping federal powers as well.
