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Five American Thinkers and How They Employed the Declaration of Independence into Their Writings

thinkers in American history, including Andrew Jackson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and Martin Luth...

Martin Luther King and Thomas Jefferson on Freedom

the slaves. Slavery was legal, but it was not right and it was not conducive to freedom. For King, freedom was about equality and ...

The Federalists vs. Anti-federalists

James Madison served their nation at a time when the United States was a new country and was trying to establish its identity. Bot...

Analyzing the First, Third, and Seventh Presidents of the United States

role of Americas first President, seeking to separate his persona as the general "who was first in war" from the President "who wa...

Freedom of Religion, A First Amendment Right

travel to Massachusetts for the sole purpose of disrupting Puritan church services and heckling their ministered (Woods 2). This a...

Jefferson and Hamilton and Agriculture

et al., 2007: 198). He tried to convince Congress to move in that direction and actually encourage the nation "to promote the immi...

America of the Eighteenth Century and the Monticello Home of Thomas Jefferson

in the Virginia (Leary 42). Palladios designes were: "... inspired by the temples and villas of Ancient Rome. Palladio project...

Jefferson's Relationship with Sally Hemmings

times of conception for the birth of all of those six children. There are no records that she was elsewhere during those times, or...

Four Commencement Speakers from American History

Americas historical experience with race, ethnicity, and/or gender. Who could be more appropriate for this task than one of our c...

Democracy and Education

believe. Deweys central thesis is rather controversial, but is seemingly valid, and has withstood the test of time. Indeed, Deweys...

American Architectural Differences

Falling Water House is an exemplification of his own unique style. The Wright home is a functional piece of architecture that i...

Growth of America from the U.S. Contribution to the 1812 War

people as it respects the rights of individual states and the federal government. To that end, the rivalry between Thomas Jefferso...

8 Significant Anglo Americans Who Lived Between the Years 1607 and 1763

metaphor to rule on cases concerning separation of church and state (1998). Daniel Boone is a legend. Like Jefferson, he was bor...

Joseph Ellis's Founding Brothers

he was likely proud of his accomplishments in law, but by and large, his primary contribution include two elements: the presidency...

Cultivating Gentleman by Tamara Plakins Thornton

In five pages this paper examines the Thomas Jefferson type plantation owner and the social superiority that was associated with t...

Three Leaders, Tecumseh, Jefferson and Columbus

was 14, leaving him 2,750 acres in land and numerous slaves. Between 1760-1762, Jefferson attended the College of William and Mary...

The Leadership Ability and Accomplishments of Thomas Jefferson

This 10 page paper outlines some of the accomplishments of Thomas Jefferson, who was the third President of the United States. It ...

Still Elusive Concepts of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

In five pages this paper argues that the concepts articulated by Thomas Jefferson still remain elusive for too many Americans. Fo...

Comparison Between Thomas Jefferson and Publius

In two pages the perspectives of Thomas Jefferson and the Publius writing group are compared. Three sources are cited in the bibl...

America's Enlightenment

In five pages this paper considers America's Enlightenment era in a consideration of the Revolutionary War and such important thin...

Oratorical Comparisons of Frederick Douglass and Thomas Jefferson

In five pages this paper discusses the rhetorical skills and influence exerted by Frederick Douglass and Thomas Jefferson. Four s...

Comparative Analysis of Thomas Jefferson and Frederick Douglass

In about six pages President Thomas Jefferson is contrasted and compared with famed former slave and powerful orator Frederick Dou...

Styles of Leadership Represented by Frank Lloyd Wright, Benito Mussolini, and Thomas Jefferson

In six pages the laissez faire of Frank Lloyd Wright, the autocracy of Benito Mussolini and the democracy of Thomas Jefferson are ...

What People in the Colonial Era Knew

Knowledge and learning were extremely important in America during colonial times. With examples such as Benjamin Franklin and Thom...

Comparative Analyis of Thomas Jefferson and Mark Twain's Hank Morgan in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

matches, books and pens and become known as a man more powerful than the great Merlin (A Connecticut Yankee, 2002; Twain, 1979). T...

Administration of President Bill Clinton

In nine pages this paper defines concepts of articulation, disjunction, and reconstruction in this consideration of the Clinton pr...

American Cinema, Historical and Education Ideology

In seven pages historical comparisons are made between the ways in which education is depicted in such films as Stand and Deliver,...

Notes on the State of Virginia by Thomas Jefferson

This paper examines this exhaustive work by Thomas Jefferson in an analysis of what Virginia, its land, and its people meant to hi...

Art of Slavery

Their purpose was to have Parliament abolish slave trade, rather than declare slavery to be illegal. As an incremental play, this ...

Slavery in the First and Seventh Lincoln-Douglas Debates

This paper examines the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in terms of how the first and seventh debates dealt wi...