Thomas Jefferson

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purchasing land west of the Mississippi river and forcing native Americans to move west

who was the declaration of independence written by

Jefferson's views on slavery were contradictory: On one hand, Jefferson was morally opposed to slavery. He felt it was evil and wrong. His original draft of the Declaration of Independence condemned it in no uncertain terms. As Governor of Virginia, he proposed legislation to abolish it. On the other hand, despite his moral opposition though, he owned a significant number of slaves and even fathered children with one of his slaves, Sally Hemmings.

The Embargo Act of 1807 came about as a result of tension between the United States and both France and England. The Napoleonic Wars pitted France and England against each other, and both violated American neutrality at this time.

it was created by the continental congress

After the dissolution of the Federalist party, former federalists split into both Republicans and Democrats, but the majority became Republicans.

This document was created by the council that took control of France after the revolution, and was a collective work. Therefore it cannot be attributed to one single author.

Essentially it can be said that it was written by the revolutionaries who dethroned (and beheaded) Louis XVI.

Jefferson bought the land because he had thought there were much better natural resources. He also thought it could expand America, there would be better trade, better hunting and better land compared to the western side because of mountains.

By completing the Louisiana Purchase, Thomas Jefferson went against his own philosophy concerning anti-federalism and a strict interpretation of the Constitution, but felt that the purchase was necessary to avoid a potential future war with France who controlled the port in Louisiana. Jefferson thought the purchase would lead to a more agrarian society.

Additionally, he basically followed the line of thought exercised by Napoleon. Napoleon believed that in the coming European war, France would be unable to hold the port city of New Orleans from the British.

With the US now owning the City of New Orleans, Napoleon believed that the Americans were in a strategically stronger position to keep the British from taking control of this geo-politically important city.

A careful reading of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution clearly show a tone of solemnity and telltale merging of two metaphysical concepts, that of God (The Great Spirit) and freedom and individualism, so peculiar and unique to the Iroquois and later the proponents of the Revolutionary War. The tone and philosophical underpinnings of the founders

Lewis' and Clark's journals of the expedition describe the natural resources and native peoples of the West and contain information on many scientific matters. Over the two year journey, the expedition had made more discoveries of landscapes, rivers, native cultures, zoology, and botany of North America than any scientific expedition. Their results/contributions were many and lasting.

One of the most significant contributions of the Lewis and Clark Expedition was a better perception of the geography of the Northwest and the production of the first accurate maps of the area. During the journey, Lewis and Clark prepared approximately 140 maps.

A second achievement of the expedition was a better understanding of the country's natural resources. During the journey, they were able to find and categorize 122 new animals and 178 plants.

They brought back valuable scientific and geographic information.

They decreased the functions of the national government.

The issue was if federal or state governments should have more power.

The Continental Congress appointed the Committee of Five - composed of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, & Robert Livingston - to draft the Declaration of Independence. The committee, after discussing the general outline that the document should follow, decided that Jefferson would write the first draft. It may have been John Adams who suggested that Jefferson be the one to write the first draft. After completing the first draft, the committee read, discussed and revised the document before Jefferson prepared a new draft to be submitted to the entire congress. The entire congress then discussed, debated, and made a few changes to that draft to produce the version that is now famous.

Jefferson contradicted himself. He owned hundreds of slaves, and he said, "Slavery is immoral, and should be abolished." Jefferson had many good qualities, and this hypocritical action was one of his very few faults.

Also the Embargo and Non-Importation Acts set up to punish the British for their impressment policy--they only succeeded in wounding the American economy because it restricted US trade more than England's (they simply traded with Latin America instead.)

there was a total of 20 changes to the declaration of independents

It was a declaration of independance from England. It was meant as a "we are separating from England" document to let the world know that America has become it's own nation and will govern itself.

He believed that the American colonies had the right to be free from the British and so his idea of freedom helped the Declaration of Independence be formed.

He specifically attacked the idea of a monarchy and hereditary aristocracy. He goes on to say it is absurd than an island governs a continent in his most prominent work, Common Sense.

He also was a strong supporter of freethinking. He is controversially known for attacking institutionalized religion, and advocating deism. All of this comes mostly from his 3 part book -- The Age of Reason (1794- 1807, released in separate parts).

Another important belief, shown in Common Sense and Rights of Man (supporting the French Revolution), is that a government should always protect the citizenry and their rights and interests. He advocated revolution and independence if necessary.

The states constitutions stated important ideas that were necessary to each state. The United States Constitution tried to put in everything that was important to each state in the big constitution for the whole country.

Their differences were vast. Starting with Washington was very Tall for the time period, standing between 6'2"-6'3" where as Adams was much shorter. Adams was considered an intellectual where as Washington was considered a common sense man. Washington was General of the Army where as Adams did not serve. Many other differences. In addition, George Washington was our First President, and John Adams was the Second President. If you mean John Quincy Adams, he was the Sixth President.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness

His last words were "I resign my spirit to God, my daughter to my country". He died on July 4, 1826. It was the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. His friend John Adams died just hours later.

Jefferson valued self-reliance, intelligence, honesty, and hard work. He was perhaps the most able, and intelligent of all the "founding fathers" - a gentleman, farmer, inventor, educator, a strong believer in personal liberty and responsibility. His republican values grew to be at odds with the views of others of this time like John Adam and Alexander Hamilton, who were in favor of a stong central government similar to the English monarchy they had just overthrown.

He was not a big fan of the centralized government called for in the Constitution, and you can thank Thos. J. for a good bit of the Bill of Rights. He was very concerned about any government usurping the rights of the common man. He felt that man had rights, natural rights (such as freedom of speech, expression, etc) that were not granted by any government, but were from 'nature' - and that government could not GRANT rights, only take them away. He was distrustful of the merchant and moneyed class, the banking establishment, and general mercantilism. This rural, independent, "leave me the hell alone' feeling pervaded the southern colonies, but was soon crushed into oblivion by the rapidly industrializing northern colonies.

President Kennedy once hosted a gathering of about 50 Nobel Prize winners at the White House, and he said, "this is probably the greatest collection of talent and human knowledge ever assembled in this place, except for when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."now that's alot of words

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