Thomas Jefferson also did not have a problem with what people thought about his clothes. ... Like above, he did not care what he wore or what was said about him. ... Honesty was important thing to Thomas Jefferson because he was very involved with the Declaration of Independence. ... He was honest about not wanting to get involved in politics but did so for the good of his country. ... That helped him to write the Declaration of Independence. ...

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Thomas signed the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. ... At about this time Jefferson's political role really started to take off. ... He thought that if he kept himself busy enough he wouldn't have time to think about his late wife. ... On July 4, 1826 Thomas Jefferson died, exactly 50 years after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and on the same day as his old, good friend and political rival John Adams. On his tombstone were these simple words: Here was Buried Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of Indepen...

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Your answers will be graded based on the thoroughness of your responses and your ability to think creatively and analytically about what you watched. 1. ... Why does John Quincy Adams say that this case before the Supreme Court is about battling a lion who threatens to divide the country in two? ... The declaration of independence. I believe that he was saying this phrase in a sarcastic way because he feels with the current injustices towards slavery practices it contradicts these traditions that are passed in the declaration of independence....

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John Ferling helps us better understand the lives that these men led when they weren't fighting for independence or working hard to establish a lasting government. ... In 1776 John Adams served on the same committee as Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence. ... Though he never spoke out about the inhumanity of slavery, he definitely disapproved of it. ... Soon Jefferson became a revolutionary, and in 1776 wrote the most important document in this nation's history, the Declaration of Independence. ... Their passion for independence and their desperate yet successf...

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Took an active part in events that lead to the American Revolution. 1776- Jefferson took his seat in Congress as an elected delegate and wrote the Declaration of Independence. ... Involved North Africa, was extension of fight about protection from pirates in Barbary States. ... Preserved the Court's independence and established the precedent that criminal actions were the only grounds for impeachment. ... Jefferson's main goals were to restore government to its limited role, to extend the Republican's power in the federal government, to establish republican ...

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Meryl Frost first said this in 1945 about his wife. ... Eliza herself once wrote to a friend about her daily life as the person in charge of three plantations: "I have the business of three plantations to transact, which requires much writing and more business and fatigue of other sorts than you can imagine. ...

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