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    given in the Constitution. A strict construction is A narrow interpretation of the Constitution ‚ meaning that congress has only those powers specifically given in the Constitution. Jefferson was a Republican and wanted a strict construction while Hamilton was a Federalist and wanted a loose construction. Jefferson thought that everything Hamilton did when wanting to make the country better would put them on the verge of the country ending. Hamilton wanted to create a national

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    Day massacre; Immigration Act Agricultural Marketing Act attempts to support farm prices‚ set up Federal Farm Board Stock Market crashes in October George Washington (2) 1789-1797 The Cabinet Washington`s Current Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson Condoleezza Rice Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton Henry Paulson Secretary at War-of Defense Henry Knox Robert Gates Postmaster General Samuel Good U.S Attorney General Edmund Randolph Michael Mukasey Supreme Court Chief Justice

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    life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness (US 1776).” The Declaration of Independence was published on July 4‚ 1776‚ after seventeen days of deliberate debate about what would be the foreground of a new nation. The formal document‚ written by Thomas Jefferson‚ declared the freedom of the thirteen colonies from Great Britain and the tyrannical King George III. The Founding Fathers believed that there are certain unalienable rights‚ “life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit

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    of your choice. 1. Thomas Jefferson called his election "the revolution of 1800." Your answer must demonstrate a knowledge of the relevant reading. a. What did Jefferson mean by the phrase? Jefferson wanted to purge the USA of the Federalist party because they were not his allies and they advocated for big government. Jefferson believed in states rights and his pursuit of the presidency represented a revolution for his democratic-republican party and their beliefs. Jefferson b. To what extent

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    that one of the only main benefits to come out of the Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of land. That could not be farthest from the truth. Thomas Jefferson believed in the “Empire of Liberty.” He wrote in a letter to a friend that “Our confederacy must be viewed as the nest from which all America‚ North or South‚ is to be peopled.” While Thomas Jefferson acquired over eight hundred and twenty eight thousand square miles of land‚ the effects of the purchase reached beyond just the physical limitations

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    AP U.S. History Goal 1: DQs 1. What were the plans Alexander Hamilton had for organizing the new nation’s finances? What were the Jeffersonian Republicans’ major objections to those plans? - George Washington chose the talented Alexander Hamilton‚ who had served with him throughout the Revolutionary War‚ to take on the challenge of directing federal economic policy as the Secretary of Treasury. The first issue that Hamilton tackled as Washington’s Secretary of Treasury concerned the problem of

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    William Marbury‚ who had been appointed as Justice of the Peace in the District of Columbia by President John Adams shortly before leaving office‚ but whose commission was not delivered as required by John Marshall‚ Adams’ Secretary of State. When Thomas Jefferson assumed office‚ he ordered the new Secretary of State‚ James Madison‚ to withhold Marbury’s and several other men’s commissions. Being unable to assume the appointed offices without the commission documents‚ Marbury and three others petitioned

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    English philosopher John Locke influenced the American Founding Father‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ on the ideas of tyranny‚ natural rights and the separation of power within government. In Locke’s First and Second Treatise of Government he establishes the belief that would eventually be called‚ Liberalism; that the people should govern themselves. Locke’s works helped shaped Jefferson and the United States of America through his ideologies. The purpose of government is to assist and aid its citizens

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    Revolution of 1800

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    Thomas Jefferson gained the presidency in the election of 1800. The election and subsequent shift in the government control was dubbed the “the Revolution of 1800.” It signaled the inundation of the Democratic Republican ideals in the Presidency and Congress in contrast to the Federalist ideals of the Adam’s administration. The election of 1800 was a revolutionary election for it significantly altered economics by resulting in lowering and removing taxes like the Whiskey Tax and government expenditures

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    Thomas Keller began his culinary career at a young age working in a Palm Beach restaurant managed by his mother. He relocated to France in 1983‚ where he worked in several Michelin-starred houses including Guy Savoy and Taillevent. He opened his first restaurant‚ Rakel‚ in New York City in 1986‚ then moved westward to California to work as the executive chef at the Checkers Hotel in Los Angeles. In 1994‚ Keller opened the French Laundry in Yountville‚ which quickly became a destination restaurant

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