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    The election process in the United States is a valuable process to the proper officials to satisfy the people. The people run the country which is why we lived in freedom, because we control what happens with major decisions by selecting whom we want to decide these political decisions. The whole country goes to vote on a certain day, and by the end of the day, we will vote to select who will run the city, county, state, or country political positions. The most complex decisions that have the…

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    Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers of the United States of America, wrote the Declaration of Independence in the mid-1770s. He wrote The Declaration as a way to exemplify what we believe for in the United States. Thomas Used his critical thinking ability to create one of the most important document in our nation. I want to prove the Thomas Jefferson Used critical thinking to allow himself to create, rewrite and establish our Declaration of Independence. During what we saw of the…

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    but there are a few who truly left their mark on this world and one of those is Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson made many accomplishments for himself and this country many years ago by creating the Declaration of Independence and leading our country as third president of the United States. Throughout his life Jefferson will become many things such as a plantation owner, philosopher, and public official. Jefferson will also expand his political career by becoming a member of congress, secretary of…

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    My paper will have 5 primary sources: two works of writing, and three songs. The first work of writing will be the Declaration of Independence. It was written in 1776, mainly by Thomas Jefferson, along with John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston. It laid out why the colonies were declaring independence, and asserted their inalienable rights and rights to self governance. It was a turning point in both American and world history, the template for a centuries worth…

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    Thomas Jefferson was elected to be president in 1801. Jefferson was built to be a political leader. At the age of 26 he sat in the chair of burgesses for six years, he was the governor of Virginia for three years and he also served as secretary of state for three years. Thomas Jefferson’s election as President was “The Revolution of 1800” because he cut back on spending, believed in states rights, and he wanted a small government which many would feel otherwise. Compared to George Washington and…

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    Even though an American can be defined as an individual that resides in America, it takes on a deeper meaning when one defines a "true American. America is a country that is portrayed as a melting pot. It is often described as such because it reflects the vast majority of immigrants moving to America to find freedom and new opportunity. With this comes new cultures, traditions and ideas But "American" is as broad of a term as "Freedom", yet we use the term loosely without ever defining it. So…

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    throughout Slavery and Freedom: The American Paradox Edmund Morgan explains his realization with the world. Edmund explains his views through the stories and beliefs of colonists the first of them being the infamous Thomas Jefferson. Everyone most commonly associates Thomas Jefferson as the man with the very large signature on the Declaration…

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    Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 and died at the age of 84. He was a writer, an inventor, a scientist, and a diplomat. He was one of the founding fathers of the United States of America. He signed the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. One of his famous publications is the “Poor Richard’s Almanack” of 1759. Benjamin Franklin is various things by different individuals. For me, it is his support of the abolitionist movement and attitude…

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    An event in which occurred in early American history is the Whiskey Rebellion. This event took place in Western Pennsylvania and started in 1791. Alexander Hamilton, who was George Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury, had an idea to impose or to put taxes on all whiskey products produced and sold in the U.S.A. Congress in 1791 established excise tax. This way, the U.S can pay of the enormous debt they are facing because of the Revolutionary War that occurred prior to this event. With nearly…

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    The main differences between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson lie behind what they thought the principle of government was. According to Hamilton, government was needed to protect individual liberties. Hamilton was the leader of the Federalist Party also known as the Hamiltonians, who strongly supported his ideas. They believed in order for Americans to be free they needed a strong central government ran by well-educated people such as Hamilton himself, to protect individual liberty. “He…

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