Thomas Jefferson


Thomas Jefferson; The Ugly Side Of Greatness
Thomas Jefferson; The Ugly Side Of Greatness
Thomas Jefferson And His Dark Side
To promote this disposition to exchange lands, which they have to spare and we want, for necessaries, which we have to spare and they want, we shall push our trading uses, and be glad to see the good and influential individuals among them run in debt, because we observe that when these debts get beyond what the individuals can pay, they become willing to lop them off by a cession of lands.... An excerpt from a letter to William Henry Harrison, then Govenor of the Indiana Territory, written b...


Thomas Jefferson: What History Books Don't Talk About
Thomas Jefferson: What History Books Don't Talk About
The Man, The Legend
Thomas Jefferson, governor of Virginia, vice president under John Adams, founder of the University of Virginia and president of the United States from March 1801 to March 1809 was an architect, a naturalist, an agriculturalist, an inventor, a scientist and the first superintendent of the U.S. patent system. But there is much more to the man, and the story behind the man, than the sum of his talents and accomplishments.


Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the 3rd President of the United States (1801-9). He led attacks against British colonial policy in North America and served as a member of the Continental Congress (1775-76). He drafted the United States Declaration of Independence (1776) and was the leader of the agrarian Democrats faction of Virginia. He established the U.S. coinage based on the decimal system (1783-84). He was Secretary of State (1790-93) under President George Washington and used the op...


Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
The Patriotic Leader Of Freedom
Freckled and sandy-haired, rather tall and awkward, Jefferson was eloquent as a correspondent, but he was no public speaker. In the Virginia House of Burgesses and the Continental Congress, he contributed his pen rather than his voice to the patriot cause. As the "silent member" of the Congress, Jefferson, at 33, drafted the Declaration of Independence. In years following he labored to make its words a reality in Virginia. Most notably, he wrote a bill establishing religious freedom, enacted ...


Thomas Jefferson: Message to Americans
Thomas Jefferson: Message to Americans
Thomas Jefferson Warned Us About Corrupt Government Officials, Central Bank Control and Violations o
One of our greatest Presidents and leaders of U.S. Governement, Thomas Jefferson, taught those willing to listen with their ears and minds wide open exactly how the goverment of the United States should conduct business. Unfortunately to many Americans have never read, have forgotten or have become apathetic in regards to the advice of Thomas Jefferson. Hopefully you will view this site, listen to the words of Thomas Jefferson and come to realize that our government is no longer created by ...



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