Jefferson was a believer that slavery could be abolished if Congress had sufficient power of the states to declare all men free. ... According to the Portable Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson expressed in the "Notes on the State of Virginia" his observations of blacks or African-Americans as being "inferior to the whites in both the body and mind" (pg. 192-193), and that "nature has been less bountiful to them in the endowments of the head" (pg. 191). ... Jefferson felt that the blacks were incapable of colonizing on their own without first being educated and then heavily assisted after being free...

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• Grade Level: High School

Although the colonists won the war, there were still individuals who were not free from oppression. ... He wrote in his notes that if there was a God who has given every individual inalienable rights, the slave owners would be held responsible for their actions of enslaving another human being. The African American slaves in the colonies were not included to possess the rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness because they were not considered citizens in the colonies due to the fact that they were not free men. ... As the Revolutionary war dragged on, George Washington had been deser...

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XVIII Of the Rights of soveraignes by institution - The rights of a sovereign are as follows: - 1) Subjects owe him sole loyalty; - 2) Subjects cannot be freed from their obligation to him; - 3) Dissenters must yield to the majority in declaring a sovereign; - 4) The sovereign cannot be unjust or injure any innocent subject; - 5) The sovereign cannot be put to death; - 6) The sovereign may determine what ideas are acceptable (he is the ultimate judge of philosophical/scientific1st principles) and may censor doctrines that are revolting to peace (ideas that may cause discord within...

• Word Count: 2051
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• Grade Level: High School

These goals included: freeing themselves from monarchical rule and establishing a republic based on a union of thirteen states to promote liberty and equality among white men. ... Early American leaders wanted to free themselves from monarchical rule. ... In Thomas Jefferson's "Notes on the State of Virginia," he argued that Europe had no choice but to promote manufacturing due to the limited availability of land and that the United States needed to follow a different model. ...

• Word Count: 1434
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is important to note that at this time the idea of Independence from Britain was not a common one and there were strong feelings in America between British Loyalists and the Colonial revolutionists. ...

• Word Count: 2128
• Approx Pages: 9
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate