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    presidencies of Jefferson and Madison‚ the desire of one party to dominate over the other caused both parties to stray away from their original philosophies of government and resort to the other party’s principles. Although the Republicans and Federalists largely stayed true to their respective interpretations of the Constitution‚ they increasingly embraced the other party’s principles to achieve their goals between 1801 to 1817. In establishing Republican dominance in government‚ Jefferson determined

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    " wrote Thomas Jefferson the great architect of his home‚ Monticello. His home of 54 years was named Monticello which means "little mountain" in Italian. Many still question the reasoning for the name "Monticello." The only reasoning that was come up with was that Jefferson wanted to build his home on his mountain located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia near Charlottesville. He wanted a place that was private and away from civilization and the commotion of politics. Thomas Jefferson

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    Address George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were the first and the third president‚ respectively. Both were great at being presidents in their own ways. In George Washington’s Farewell Address he advised Americans to not get entangled within foreign countries’ problems and conflicts and to not have permanent alliances and treaties‚ and also to not have different political parties‚ and he also stressed the importance of religion and morality. Thomas Jefferson‚ in his first Inaugural Address points

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    The Declaration of Independence‚ in 1776‚ written by Thomas Jefferson was the document that declared America wanted nothing to do with Great Britain and desired to be their own country. In the video‚ Jefferson includes key arguments about why the colonies needed to separate from the British. Jefferson believes that all people are born with the unalienable rights‚ life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness. He says that when these rights are not given‚ the people have the right to abolish the government

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    Dominic Ronan History 111 Robert Mancini St. Thomas Aquinas St. Thomas Aquinas was a determined student‚ writer‚ as well as teacher. Born into a large noble family near Aquino‚ Italy. He began his studies at the young age of five‚ only to become one of the greatest Christian theologians of the Middle Ages. Attending the Benedictine monastery in Monte Cassino. From there he went on to study at the University of Naples‚ where he was first introduced to Aristotle’s work. After being taken captive

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    affair. During George Washington’s presidency‚ Alexander Hamilton & Thomas Jefferson‚ his two closest advisors‚ faced off on opposing views of what the role of government should be‚ thus forming political parties. Congress and President Washington went over Hamilton’s economic plan for the new nation. Hamilton called for protective tariffs‚ a bank of the U.S.‚ and the encouragement of industry: all domestic issues. But Jefferson only wanted a strict constructional view of the

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    From the onset of this country‚ America has protected religious freedom. Initially in 1779‚ Thomas Jefferson wrote the Virginia Statue of Religious Freedom which was an act establishing religious freedom. Proving its precedence over race to our founders‚ the guarantee for the freedom of religion was cemented in the first amendment (Religious Freedom‚ auburn.edu). It takes the smallest amount of common sense to see why religion was more important than race. The belief in the American melting pot

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    ‚ is getting Thomas Jefferson (a White Supremacist) to admit that Blacks were not inferior to Whites in mathematics. He sent his almanac‚ in which he predicted the previously mentioned eclipses to Thomas Jefferson. By being able break the barrier of education‚ Banneker set the foundation for every Black intellectuals that followed him. He gained recognition for being an educated person of color in a time when barely anyone but the wealthy Caucasian man was educated. Thomas Jefferson even apologized

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    Benjamin Banneker writes a simple letter to Thomas Jefferson that effectively argues against the institution of slavery utilizing political appeals‚ irony‚ repetition‚ and a snarky tone. Banneker argues against slavery by using numerous political appeals that directly challenges the ideals of Jefferson. Banneker immediately opens his argument by making a reference to the British crown “[reducing America into a state of servitude]”. By doing this‚ he wants Jefferson to recognize that by advocating slavery

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    Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson assisted in the formation of different opinions and a split within the population. Around the time of the 1790s‚ the nation was split between parties‚ Federalist and the Jeffersonian Republicans‚ whose political systems were highly impacted by many domestic and foreign affairs that provoked a turning point in the nation. Throughout the 1790s there were many significant leaders‚ the important leaders were Alexander Hamilton‚

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