While Thomas Jefferson had hoped to acquire some land from France, the prospect of buying the whole territory seemed to stretch his strict constitutional approach. ... However, slavery was still prominent and African Americans as a whole had less rights than they did in the 1780's to early 1790's, due to slavery revolts in the Caribbean islands which caused slave owners in America to fear similar uprisings. ... Native American women resisted because the adoption of the British way of life would ultimately strip them of the social and political power they enjoyed in their traditiona...

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Alexander Hamilton, the first financial genius of the United States, overcame tremendous childhood odds to lead America through its early monetary decisions and foundations in the time following the American Revolution. ... After the death of Hamilton's mother in 1768, Hamilton's life and career began to take off. ... Some of these extreme ideas were 1) state governors would appointed by the president, 2) the president and senators would hold office for life, and 3) the Congress would retain exclusive authority to make all the laws of the country [http://xroads.Virginia.edu/~CAP...

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This helped to develop his early penchant for reading from a wide selection of topics. ... After his fathers defeat to Thomas Jefferson he returned home. ... Historians regard the treaty as a brilliant act of diplomacy, and close to the end of Adam's life, he called it "the most important event of my life". ... "The sun of my political life," he confided in his diary, "sets in the deepest gloom." ... He had given up a good part of his life to serve his country. ...

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