We are all familiar with the classic American dream. ... How is it that Americans are not allowed to own land? ... Property tax was used in part to fund the American Revolution, but it was put on all the property you owned, your horses, cows, corn, on slaves in the south and the value of your house, but usually not at all on your land. Two generations after the American Revolution in 1818, Illinois became the very first state to levy an equalized standardized property tax, on land across the entire state. ... We should put an income threshold above which taxation begins, and below which no ...

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Even though they had more differences than similarities, they each contributed to providing the foundation of the American political system. ... Both Jefferson and Hamilton were prominent members of society during the ear after the revolution. ... He thought if states had power that they were going to begin to think about self interest. ... Jefferson saw America's future more in farming and staying similar to how things were in the present. ... By doing this it helped shape the democracy of America to be what it is today....

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Notes: Alone among the Founders of the United States George Washington earned the title "Father of his Country" in recognition of his leadership in the cause of American independence. ... The people of France gave the Statue to the people of the United States over one hundred years ago in recognition of the friendship established during the American Revolution. ... The Statue was a joint effort between America and France and it was agreed upon that the American people were to build the pedestal, and the French people were responsible for the Statue and its assembly here in the United State...

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And in spite of the disruptions of the ensuing revolution, Jefferson noted in 1783 that he had acquired the remarkable total of 2,640 volumes. When he departed the following year for Europe he looked forward to greatly expanding his library, and, whenever he was not carrying out his duties as the American minister to France, he haunted the Parisian booksellers and frequently placed orders with book dealers in London and other European cities. On returning to America in 1789 he possessed a library twice the size of the one he had owned at his departure. ... He realized that the combinati...

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