Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson's career before USA President was Vice-President. From, Bryan Hollick Raleigh, NC

The Declaration of Independence was written by a young lawyer named Thomas Jefferson. The document was reviewed and corrected by Ben Franklin and other Patriots before being finally written down as a formal document.

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The answer is a tossup, if the question is asking about verbal combat, not an actual fight. Thomas Jefferson hated and avoided conflict, and usually said very little, but he was always listening to what other people were saying. Jefferson was one of those people who would remember a remark and bring it up five years later to your discredit, which was exactly what he did with Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton was volatile, thrived on conflict and usually had much to say. In retaliation to any insult he would come back with a longwinded, sharp-tongued answer, but he would often come to regret it later.

In the short term, Hamilton would win, but he would make several remarks he'd come to regret. In the long term, Jefferson would win, because he would remember the remarks, bring them up again later, and twist the context around as to make Hamilton sound worse than he actually was.

a) to have all understand that this was not going to be a simple protest against the rules of England. this statement had to be put on paper so that "we" understood the gravity of what we were about to do, that England understood that her landlords were not going to be effective, and that France understood that her war with England only extended to England's subjects and not to us. b) only a country can declare war; we were not a country. the first step is to decalare independence. Paul Alagna

Benjamin Franklin, Robert sherman, jhon Adams, thomas Jefferson, and Robert livingston

Of the five men chosen only one man from the commttee was chosen to compose the declaration and that was Thomas Jefferson.

Freedom of religion.

Considering the Lewis and Clark expedition, the fact that they were part of a scientific expedition was extremely important, especially during the Age of Enlightenment. The new knowledge they obtained about the Northwest's geography, natural resources, and native inhabitants sparked American interest in the west, and strengthened the nation's claim to the area. It also gave Americans a sense of pride at a time when they badly needed symbols of national triumph. Americans at this time realized that their new nation was still very much divided and relatively weak and Lewis and Clark's adventure offered Americans proof that the men of their nation could accomplish great deeds amidst enormous hardships.

Also spread was the idea of 'Manifest Destiny' as Americans increasingly assumed a continental destiny. This opened many door for poor families to go out and prosper throughout the late nineteenth century. However this also led to many Native Americans and earlier Hispanic settlers to be dispossessed, along with the great number of buffalo that Lewis and Clark themselves saw and were amazed by.

Alexander Hamilton favored protective tariffs because it was an essential part of his financial plan. By protecting America's infant domestic economy, he won the favor of the wealthy classes (merchants and manufacturers).

The five people were :Thomas Jefferson,John Adams,Benjamin Franklin,Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston

So well that they didn't want their freedom.

This all depends on the criteria used to evaluate a good leader. Do you use a standard that involves character, political philosophy or how well the person adhered to his own philosophy? It's also important to remember that Jefferson had a political career long before being elected as our third president. If one wants to evaluate his leadership over the broad spectrum of his career as opposed solely to his presidency then this would also be a factor. Jefferson unlike today was not seen by all as a heroic figure. During the American Revolution he was criticized for his lack of leadership and of even abandoning Virginia during a British invasion for which he was accused of being "pusillanimous [lacking courage] conduct". This would cause his political career to halt for awhile. He would be appointed to the state legislature of Virginia after this in 1783. Everyone identifies Jefferson as being the author of the Declaration of Independence. However while not being inaccurate it is misleading. Jefferson was on a committee known by its creative name, the Committee of Five, that was formed to draft such a document. The other members being Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman. Jefferson was selected to write what was always expected to be an initial draft that would be and was in fact edited by other members. The original of Jefferson was significantly different. Some even accused Jefferson of plagiarizing John Locke. Depending on your personal political philosophy Jefferson was either one of the greatest, worst, or somewhere in between other leaders. If judged on his presidency alone then a case be made that he was a good but imperfect leader. He repealed many direct taxes, repealed the illegal Alien and Sedition Act, pardoned those convicted under such Act, supported an expedition to the western frontier, fought and won the First Barbary War, and established the United States Military Academy at West point. However as with most politicians he also failed to live up to his own principles. By his own admission he acquired a huge portion of land unconstitutionally with the Louisiana Purchase. Another political fallout came when he imposed the draconian Embargo of 1807 which called for restrictions on Amercan shipping. Rhode Island was devastated by this embargo This was inconsistent with his understanding of state's rights. Jefferson also enforced the forceful removal of Indians from their lands. On a personal level, the accusation of having had an affair with his slave Sally Hemming has no conclusive evidence to support it. It was first brought up by a disgruntled muckraking political opponent. His views on slavery were realistic for his time. He was progressive in that he desired to see the awful institution abolished forever and never had anything positive to say about slavery. His language on the subject was appropriately harsh. However the realities on the ground kept him form seeing how abolition could be carried out in his lifetime. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was based on an earlier ordinance by Jefferson and was the basis for the 1787 ordinance's outlawing of slavery in the territories. Unlike Washington, Jefferson believed Congress had the authority to abolish slavery in the territories. A recent book by libertarian writer Ivan Eland called Recarving Mount Rushmore surprised many by giving a less then satisfactory appraisal of Jefferson from a libertarian criteria. Surprising because Jefferson is usually seen as a patron saint among libertarians. However Eland's analysis is fair and accurate and is worth reading since his rankings of presidents is based on different criteria then other rankings.

The Continental Congress created a draft committee consisting of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman. However, the actual writing of the Declaration of Independence was performed by Jefferson alone.

The Planter Elite was the highest class of Southern society in the 1800s leading up to the Civil War. They were the minority of the population at the time, controlling 90% of the South's wealth through the ownership of various cotton plantations.

They just need to go West that was there job they need to explore the new land bought by Thomas Jefferson called the Louisiana Purchase.

He did many things, writing was probably his most important. Paine wrote The Case of The Officers of Excise, Common Sense, Rights of Man and many more. He served as a secretary, held interests in science, worked on an iron bridge and smokeless candle, sailed, was an excise officer, was in the Continental Army, and helped write a new constitution for France.

In both Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

Because this was the first peacful transaction of political power between two parties. (Federalist and Antiferderalist)

established a Navy Department.

No. His first wife died before he entered political office- specifically the White House. He has a mistress, Sally Hanson, who was an emancipated Black Woman who had some educational travels in Paris. Books have been done on this romance. Jefferson was never married to Miss Hansen. I do not know if she was buried on the grounds of Monticello- or not.

Jefferson wanted small Federal Government, but larger State Governments. He didn't want the Federal Government to make all of the decisions, he wanted the states to focus on the people of that state instead of the Federal Government to control everything.

The quote is "We are all federalists; we are all republicans." Thomas Jefferson

most were lawyers, they were well educated, they represented the aristocracy of the day. many were free thinkers capable of thinking "outside the box".