Previous to the civil war rose two characters, two heroes, in Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson. ... Out of the new religious freedoms granted by Jefferson grew the question of egalitarianism in the colonies. ... But when Napoleon forced Spain to cede the Louisiana territory to France Jefferson got worried. ... Jackson, like Jefferson, came into the spotlight during a time of war. The public enlightened Jefferson during the revolution and Jackson during the war of 1812. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

These two questions are ideal thematic rhetorical statements that both Crevecoeur and Douglass write about in various ways. ... Hector John de Crevcoeur was born in France in the middle of the eighteenth century. ... He then traveled to Canada, served for a while with the French in their war against the English, and later passed over into the United States, to become a well-known American. ... He came back to France, and while he was there, his home was burnt down and his wife became a fugitive in the American War of Independence. ... He fled to New York instead of going back to France in Dece...

• Word Count: 2927
• Approx Pages: 12
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• Grade Level: High School