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Hace 1 día · Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Hace 3 días · Henry (c. 1787–c. 1831) was a slave, described by granddaughter Cornelia Randolph as “a mulatto man,” [2] who purchased his freedom from John Tapscott in 1811 in Westmoreland County, situated far to the east in Virginia. He was not, as J. Lee Davis said, “one of [Jefferson’s] trusted slaves.”. Henry was originally a slave to Martin ...
Hace 1 día · Many of Virginia’s leading revolutionaries, including Peyton Randolph, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry, served as Burgesses. In response to revolutionary agitation, Governor Dunmore dissolved the House of Burgesses in 1774, though he briefly called them together again the next year.
Hace 1 día · Thomas Jefferson defeated John Adams in the 1800 presidential election, thereby becoming the first Democratic-Republican president. Shortly after Adams took office, he dispatched a group of envoys to seek peaceful relations with France, which had begun attacking American shipping after the ratification of the Jay Treaty.
Hace 4 días · Exploring the impact and significance of Thomas Jefferson's presidency. Thomas Jefferson made a lasting impact on our country as the third president of the United States and the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Hace 9 horas · Eventually, they became followers of Democratic-Republicans (under Thomas Jefferson & James Madison), who favored commercial agriculture, were anti-British, Pro-French, and pro-states rights. This group then branched into Democratic-Agrarians (under John Randolph who were radicals and wished to revise the Constitution) and Moderates-Commercial Minded (Jeffersonians).
Hace 1 día · Thomas Jefferson, a key Founding Father, was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, which Pulitzer Prize -winning historian Joseph Ellis says contains "the most potent and consequential words in American history". [6] Historian Richard Morris' selection of seven key founders was widely accepted through the 20th century.
