Thomas Jefferson

Nebraska is one of the most solid Republican states in the US.

He wrote it to send to King George III requesting independence from England.

Jefferson wanted a strict interpretation to give more power to the states, while hamilton favored a broad interpretation to streengthen the central government. Also, Jefferson wanted to give the common people more opportunities to participate in government while hamilton believed commoners were ignorant and not capable of self-government

where did Thomas Jefferson go to elementary

people and,or citizens

It was the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution. The Constitution has no giant signatures-

The Declaration of Independence does --

and that would be John Hancock -- whose signature is so large in comparison to all the other signatures, that he earned the phrase

"Can I have your John Hancock?"

which is said in reference to asking someone for their signature!

The expression paraphrases one that had been published about a hundred years before. For about 1,000 years, most Europeans lived under the presumption of the Divine Right of Kings, which said that only God could judge the acts of a king - and therefore the people had no right to oppose or overthrow him. By the 1600s this had also become known in England as the Natural Rights of Kings. Englishman John Locke is credited among the first to reject this idea, publishing works espousing the Natural Rights of Man. ("Man" in this sense referred to all of humanity, and collectively to every individual member thereof. It did not refer to males exclusively of females.) In his view, God bestowed certain independent rights on every human being, including life, liberty, and estate - or property - by which he meant the sum total of that person's labor.

These ideas would influence the thinkers of the Enlightenment for more than a century, including Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the rest of the American Founding Fathers.

The "pursuit of Happiness" is similar to and derived from Locke's right of estate but avoids the pitfall of seeming to promise every citizen a certain acreage of land. As Locke's "estate" meant the result of an individual's labor, Jefferson defined the pursuit of Happiness as any labor that person chooses to undertake. The days of the father's occupation determining the son's were over.

What were the characteristics of the presidency of Thomas Jefferson?

A method formed to help ratify (approve) constitutional amendments.

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, and Zebulon Pike

West point, for one.

Thomas Jefferson applied john Locke's philosophy of natural rights by putting the three inalienable rights of humans which were (at first) life, liberty, and the right to property. later they changed it to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

It was written by a committee consisting of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston and Roger Sherman. Jefferson did the actual writing, it his language.

strict versus loose interpretation of the government as well as the hamiltonian economics that in the beginning Jefferson didnt agree with.

strict versus loose interpretation of the government as well as the hamiltonian economics that in the beginning Jefferson didnt agree with.

strict versus loose interpretation of the government as well as the hamiltonian economics that in the beginning Jefferson didnt agree with.

Thomas Jefferson was remembered for three achievements in his public life. He had served as governor of Virginia, as U.S. minister to France, as secretary of state under George Washington, as vice-president in the administration of John Adams, and as president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. On his tombstone, however, which he designed and for which he wrote the inscription, there is no mention of these offices. Rather, it reads that Thomas Jefferson was "author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia" and, as he requested, "not a word more." Historians might want to add other accomplishments--for example, his distinction as an architect, naturalist, and linguist--but in the main they would concur with his own assessment.

he worked as a lawyer and a planter before becoming the president and then died in 1826 a hero

Each and every point discussed within the Declaration of Independence was intended to clarify the intent of the Colonies to break free from British rule completely and become a self sufficient governing nation.

He meant exactly what was wrote. Power that doesn't belong to the Federal Government belongs to the individual states, and the people that inhabit them.

George Mason

No taxation without representation.

Personal property rights.

Free speech and assembly.

Freedom to worship as they saw fit.

Jefferson took the concepts that Locke was teaching and utilized them as a basis for the US plan of governing, therefore they are essentially the same with a little different wording.

Frank Thomas retired after the 2008 season. There being a 5 year waiting period before nomination/election, he will be eligible starting in 2014.

There are many towns, counties, schools, streets, etc. named for Jefferson.

There is the Jefferson Memorial on the mall in Washington, DC and the St. Louis

Arch is part of a complex named for Jefferson.

The attached link from Wikipedia aims at producing a complete list.

Monticello contains columns, domes and porticoes used in Roman architecture.

Because he was the one who thought of the decelaration of indpendence.