Thomas Jefferson: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of HappinessAs a lawyer, Thomas Jefferson was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses and sent to the Second Continental Congress. He supported America's independence from Britain. Though he drafted America's egalitarian Declaration of Independence, Jefferson maintained his Monticello plantation with slave labor. As the nation's first secretary of state and third president he advocated the rights of individuals. During his presidency, the $15 million purchase of the Louisiana Territory doubled the size of America's landholdings. |
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Inhalt
Life on the Virginia Frontier | 5 |
Hostility to Every Form of Tyranny | 15 |
Burgess and Patriot | 23 |
Laws for the Commonwealth of Virginia | 37 |
Wartime Governor of Virginia | 43 |
An American in Paris | 50 |
Secretary of State | 61 |
Vice President and President | 67 |
Louisiana for a Song | 81 |
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Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | Thomas Jefferson: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness The Library of American Lives and Times |
| Autoren | John Kukla, Amy Kukla |
| Verlag | The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, 2004 |
| ISBN | 1404226559, 9781404226555 |
| Länge | 112 Seiten |
| Zitat exportieren | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |