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    not vote‚ couldn’t vote‚ or in businesses. Men are superior compared to women and could do the things women can’t. In Document A‚ it explains how men are going to take over the new country and it will lead to unlimited power to the males. Abigail Adams explains how women have no voice or representation in the government. “If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies‚ we are determined to foment a rebellion…” (Doc. A). She is very upfront and is giving

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    father-in-law was a Senate and in 1791 G. Philip Schuyler lost his Senate seat to Burr. Due to Hamilton popularity in Federalist‚ he blocked the Federalists to nominate Burr for governor. Then in 1792‚ Burr declared himself a Democratic-Republican. John Adams called Burr “unprincipled both as a public and private man” Hamilton was a Federalist and Burr was a Republican. Both men have repeatedly opposed each other. Hamilton owned the Bank of New York. Burr broke the stranglehold of the Federalists financers

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    Thomas Jefferson was an American founding father who was born in April 13‚ 1743 and died in July 4‚ 1826. With his good 83 years of life Thomas became a third President of the United States‚ his father died when Thomas was 14‚ his mother decided to move to Tuckahoe Plantation. Thomas inherited 5‚000 acers of land by the age of 21. Jefferson got educated at a collage called Wren Building‚ by age nine Jefferson new how to speak Latin‚ Greek‚ and French. By age 25 Jefferson had married his third-cousin

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    Naomi Backes October 14‚ 2013 MORALITY‚ KNOWLEDGE‚ AND RELIGION The Father of the American Revolution‚ Samuel Adams‚ said that to change any age in which we live‚ "we must simply ’study and practice the exalted virtues of the Christian system.’ While the people are virtuous‚’ he said‚ "they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue they will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader . . . If virtue and knowledge are diffused among

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    Although the colonists’ lives changed significantly in many ways after the American Revolution‚ the economic‚ political‚ and social conversions are viewed to be the most dramatic. The American Revolution was the war between the American colonies and Great Britain from 1775-1783 . Most consider this war not to be a nationalist revolution‚ in which the aim of the revolutionaries was to overturn the existing system‚ but rather to set up the North American colonies as an independent nation. There were

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    Thomas Jefferson

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    Thomas Jefferson: Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13‚ 1743‚ in Shadwell‚ Virginia. He was a draftsman of the U.S. Declaration of Independence; the nation’s first secretary of state; second vice president; and‚ he was also the third president who was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase. Jefferson died in bed on July 4‚ 1826. Thomas Jefferson‚ author of the American Declaration of Independence and the third U.S. president‚ was born on April 13‚ 1743‚ in Charlottesville‚ Virginia. Jefferson

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    power is divided between a central government and semi-sovereign political states. The radical leaders who were important in stressing these ideologies and new ideas were Samuel Adams‚ Patrick Henry‚ George Washington‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ James Madison‚ Thomas Paine‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ and John Adams. The American Revolutionary period occurred in 1763 when Britain defeated France in the French and Indian War. Because of this war‚ England had almost doubled its own national

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    Act of 1789? ∙The branch had a chief justice and five associates. It also had federal district and circuit courts and established the office of attorney general. 10. 10 Who was the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court? ∙John Jay was the first supreme court Justice. 11. 11. Explain Hamilton’s financial plan ∙His plan was to shape the fiscal policies of

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    Anonymous Mr. Anonymous Rhetoric 12 December 2012 Certainty and Doubt Certainty leads to a powerful belief that is absolute when coming to decisions. It causes individuals to feel capable of accomplishing anything. Some may hold a feeling of doubt which prevents them from taking action. They prefer to stay on the safe side instead of taking a risk to fight for what many believe. Having doubt is better than being certain because it forms diversity based on one’s opinion and opens up

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    1.Who helped Thomas Jefferson draft the original declaration? Thomas Jefferson‚ John Adams‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ Roger Sherman‚ and Robert R. Livingston  2.When did delegates actually begin to sign the completed document? August the 2nd 3.What did General George Washington order done with his copy? Washington orders that the Declaration of Independence be read before the American army in New York -- from his personal copy of the "Dunlap Broadside." 4.Why do you think he gave this order

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