Download or read book Symposium on Epic of Thomas Jefferson written by Festus Ogunbitan and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-04-11 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A symposium style of the biography of President Thomas Jefferson written in Greek-style epideictic oratory for reading in general non-fiction category.
Download or read book Symposium on Epic of John Adams and the French American Quasi War written by Festus Ogunbitan and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epic of John Adams is a symposium adaptation of the life and times of our nations second president, and especially his political efforts in the Quasi-War between the United States and the French Republic from 1798 to 1800. The Kingdom of France had been a crucial ally of the United States in the American Revolutionary War from the spring of 1776, and had signed in 1778 a Treaty of Alliance with the United States of America. But in 1794 after the French Revolution toppled that countrys monarchy, the American government came to an agreement with the Kingdom of Great Britain, the Jay Treaty, which resolved several points of contention between the United States and Great Britain. The U.S. refusal to continue repaying its debt to France on the grounds that the debt had been owed to the French Crown, and not to the Republican France led the French to an outrage against the United States. French privateers began seizing American ships trading with Britain, and refused to receive the new United States minister Charles Cotesworth Pinckney when he arrived in Paris in December 1796. In his annual message to the Congress at the close of 1797, President John Adams reported on Frances refusal to negotiate and spoke of the need "to place our country in a suitable posture of defense." In April 1798, President Adams informed Congress of the "XYZ Affair" in which French agents had demanded a large bribe (#250,000) for the restoration of diplomatic relations with the United States. Increased depredations by privateers from Revolutionary France required the rebirth of the United States Navy to protect the expanding American merchant shipping. Congress authorized the president to acquire, arm, and man not more than 12 vessels, of up to 22 guns each. Several vessels were immediately purchased from Great Britain, and converted into ships of war. Captain Thomas Truxtuns insistence on the highest standards of crew training paid dividends as the frigate USS Constellation captured the Frenchs LInsurgente and severely damaged their La Vengeance. French privateers usually resisted, as did upon USS La Croyable, which was captured on July 7, 1798. La Croyable departed Norfolk on October 28, 1798 with USS Montezuma and USS Norfolk, and cruised the West Indies protecting American commerce. On November 20, 1798, the French frigates LInsurgente and LVolontaire overtook La Croyable while her consorts were away, and forced commanding officer Lieutenant William Bainbridge to surrender the out-gunned schooner. Montezuma and Norfolk escaped after Bainbridge convinced the senior French commander that those American warships were too powerful for his frigates and persuaded him to abandon the chase. By the autumn of 1800, the United States Navy, and the Royal Navy combined with a more conciliatory diplomatic stance by the government of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte, had reduced the activity of the French privateers and warships. The Convention of 1800, signed on September 30, ended the Franco-American War. Unfortunately for President Adams, the news did not arrive in time to help him secure a second term in the 1800 presidential election.
Download or read book Thomas Jefferson and the World of Books written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thomas Jefferson written by Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Writings of Thomas Jefferson written by Thomas Jefferson and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Writings of Thomas Jefferson written by Thomas Jefferson and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thomas Jefferson the Classical World and Early America written by Peter S. Onuf and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume comprises a selection of essays presented at a conference held at the American Academy in Rome on October 13-14, 2008 ... "--Pref.
Download or read book History of the United States of America During the Second Administration of Thomas Jefferson written by Henry Adams and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Socratic Seminars and Literature Circles written by Marc Moeller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-13 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book An Afternoon with Mr Jefferson written by George Roland Wills and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fictional meeting between Thomas Jefferson and a young inadvertent time traveler who is visiting his restored home for the day. Jhaymee Timberlake will finally get to meet her hero, Thomas Jefferson.This release of the story also includes the enhanced 2012 Docent Tour of the home by author and Poplar Forest docent George Roland Wills. This short story also appears in the short story anthology THE NOVEMBER COUNTRY by George Roland Wills.
Download or read book A Docent s Tour of Thomas Jefferson s Poplar Forest written by George Roland Wills and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the official docent's tour of Poplar Forest given by docent George Roland Wills in 2012. This tour had been enhanced at that time with even more information, when George retired and moved to Florida, as the information was no longer being strictly regulated to an actual 45 minutes of tour time. All docent tours are a piece of actual history, in and of themselves. Each one is important for its own contribution to the overall effort to educate the public on the facts of Mr. Jefferson's life.The 45 minute time allotments will have material that will change in and out of that particular docent's program, over the years, and so even if you always get the same docent when you take a tour of the home, you will not ever be getting the exact same tour.Also included at the end of this docent program is the short story, AN AFTERNOON WITH MR. JEFFERSON, by George Roland Wills. It is a fictitious time travel meeting between Thomas Jefferson and a young visitor to his modern day restored home.This story was first published in the anthology, THE NOVEMBER COUNTRY, available on Amazon.
Download or read book The Writings of Thomas Jefferson written by Thomas Jefferson and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pushback written by Dave Bridge and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2024-03-22 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this interdisciplinary book in an interdisciplinary series, Dave Bridge crosses methodological boundaries to offer readers insights on the political “pushback” that historically follows Supreme Court rulings with which most Americans disagree. After developing a framework for identifying the Court’s rare countermajoritarian decisions, Bridge shows how those decisions that liberals backed in the 1950s through the 1970s consistently upset conservative factions in the Democratic Party, which always managed to weather the storms—that is until Roe v. Wade in 1973. In Pushback, Bridge offers compelling hypotheses about how the two major parties can use unpopular Supreme Court rulings to shift the political momentum and win elections. He then puts those hypotheses to the test, analyzing the political fallout of recent rulings on controversial issues such as Obamacare, same-sex marriage, and religious liberty. Certain to appeal to anyone interested in American political science and history, Pushback closes with a detailed examination of the unequivocally countermajoritarian Supreme Court ruling of our lifetimes, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe. For the first time in 50 years, conditions are ripe for a party to win votes by campaigning against the will of the Court. Upcoming elections will tell if the Republicans overplayed their hand, or if Democrats will play theirs as skillfully as did the GOP after Roe.
Download or read book Story of Thomas Jefferson Prophet of Liberty written by Joyce Milton and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the author of the Declaration of Independence, and America's third president.
Download or read book Jefferson Himself written by Thomas Jefferson and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1942 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings written by Annette Gordon-Reed and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1998-03-29 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Annette Gordon-Reed's groundbreaking study was first published, rumors of Thomas Jefferson's sexual involvement with his slave Sally Hemings had circulated for two centuries. Among all aspects of Jefferson's renowned life, it was perhaps the most hotly contested topic. The publication of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings intensified this debate by identifying glaring inconsistencies in many noted scholars' evaluations of the existing evidence. In this study, Gordon-Reed assembles a fascinating and convincing argument: not that the alleged thirty-eight-year liaison necessarily took place but rather that the evidence for its taking place has been denied a fair hearing. Friends of Jefferson sought to debunk the Hemings story as early as 1800, and most subsequent historians and biographers followed suit, finding the affair unthinkable based upon their view of Jefferson's life, character, and beliefs. Gordon-Reed responds to these critics by pointing out numerous errors and prejudices in their writings, ranging from inaccurate citations, to impossible time lines, to virtual exclusions of evidence—especially evidence concerning the Hemings family. She demonstrates how these scholars may have been misguided by their own biases and may even have tailored evidence to serve and preserve their opinions of Jefferson. This updated edition of the book also includes an afterword in which the author comments on the DNA study that provided further evidence of a Jefferson and Hemings liaison. Possessing both a layperson's unfettered curiosity and a lawyer's logical mind, Annette Gordon-Reed writes with a style and compassion that are irresistible. Each chapter revolves around a key figure in the Hemings drama, and the resulting portraits are engrossing and very personal. Gordon-Reed also brings a keen intuitive sense of the psychological complexities of human relationships—relationships that, in the real world, often develop regardless of status or race. The most compelling element of all, however, is her extensive and careful research, which often allows the evidence to speak for itself. Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy is the definitive look at a centuries-old question that should fascinate general readers and historians alike.
Download or read book Jefferson s Great Gamble written by Charles A. Cerami and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A momentous moment in American history, one that forever changed the scope of the nation and its people.
