World History
Thomas Jefferson. This is a short biography of the great American president Thomas Jefferson.
From the site:
Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826) was the third (1801 - 1809) President of the United States.
This powerful advocate of liberty was born in 1743 in Albermarle County, Virginia, inheriting from his father, a planter and surveyor, some 5,000 acres of land, and from his mother, a Randolph, high social standing. He studied at the College of William and Mary, then read law. In 1772 he married Martha Wayles Skelton, a widow, and took her to live in his partly constructed mountaintop home, Monticello.
Freckled and sandy-haired, rather tall and awkward, Jefferson was eloquent as a correspondent, but he was no public speaker. In the Virginia House of Burgesses and the Continental Congress, he contributed his pen rather than his voice to the patriot cause. As the "silent member" of the Congress, Jefferson, at 33, drafted the Declaration of Independence. In years following he labored to make its words a reality in Virginia. Most notably, he wrote a bill establishing religious freedom, enacted in 1786.
Jefferson succeeded Benjamin Franklin as minister to France in 1785. His sympathy for the French Revolution led him into conflict with Alexander Hamilton when Jefferson was Secretary of State in President Washington's Cabinet. He resigned in 1793.
- Documentary History Of The Construction Of The Buildings At The University Of Virginia, 1817-1828
This electronic database consists of 1,750 manuscript documents related to the construction of the original buildings of Thomas Jefferson's nineteenth-century architectural masterpiece, the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia. When...
- Teaching The Declaration Of Independence
Teaching the Declaration of Independence. This is a decent essay on the history of the Declaration of Independence and ways to teach about it. From the site: The Declaration of Independence is the founding document of the United States of America....
- Teaching About George Washington.
Teaching about George Washington. This paper reviews the life of President George Washington and presents ideas for teaching about him. From the site: No generation in American history has matched that of the founding era for its array of talented...
- Jefferson's Children : The Story Of One American Family
Jefferson's Children : The Story of One American Family. This is a review of the book by Shannon Lanier. It is reviewed by Julie Lorenzen. From the review: Shannon Lanier, author of Jefferson's Children: The Story of One American Family, has always...
- Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton This is a brief biography of American President Bill Clinton. From the site: William Jefferson " Bill " Clinton (born August 19 , 1946 ) was the 42nd ( 1993 - 2001 ) President of the United States . Clinton was born in Hope, Arkansas and...
World History
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson. This is a short biography of the great American president Thomas Jefferson.
From the site:
Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826) was the third (1801 - 1809) President of the United States.
This powerful advocate of liberty was born in 1743 in Albermarle County, Virginia, inheriting from his father, a planter and surveyor, some 5,000 acres of land, and from his mother, a Randolph, high social standing. He studied at the College of William and Mary, then read law. In 1772 he married Martha Wayles Skelton, a widow, and took her to live in his partly constructed mountaintop home, Monticello.
Freckled and sandy-haired, rather tall and awkward, Jefferson was eloquent as a correspondent, but he was no public speaker. In the Virginia House of Burgesses and the Continental Congress, he contributed his pen rather than his voice to the patriot cause. As the "silent member" of the Congress, Jefferson, at 33, drafted the Declaration of Independence. In years following he labored to make its words a reality in Virginia. Most notably, he wrote a bill establishing religious freedom, enacted in 1786.
Jefferson succeeded Benjamin Franklin as minister to France in 1785. His sympathy for the French Revolution led him into conflict with Alexander Hamilton when Jefferson was Secretary of State in President Washington's Cabinet. He resigned in 1793.
- Documentary History Of The Construction Of The Buildings At The University Of Virginia, 1817-1828
This electronic database consists of 1,750 manuscript documents related to the construction of the original buildings of Thomas Jefferson's nineteenth-century architectural masterpiece, the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia. When...
- Teaching The Declaration Of Independence
Teaching the Declaration of Independence. This is a decent essay on the history of the Declaration of Independence and ways to teach about it. From the site: The Declaration of Independence is the founding document of the United States of America....
- Teaching About George Washington.
Teaching about George Washington. This paper reviews the life of President George Washington and presents ideas for teaching about him. From the site: No generation in American history has matched that of the founding era for its array of talented...
- Jefferson's Children : The Story Of One American Family
Jefferson's Children : The Story of One American Family. This is a review of the book by Shannon Lanier. It is reviewed by Julie Lorenzen. From the review: Shannon Lanier, author of Jefferson's Children: The Story of One American Family, has always...
- Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton This is a brief biography of American President Bill Clinton. From the site: William Jefferson " Bill " Clinton (born August 19 , 1946 ) was the 42nd ( 1993 - 2001 ) President of the United States . Clinton was born in Hope, Arkansas and...