Thomas Jefferson Essays

In the book American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson, Ellis describes Jefferson using achievements that symbolize the visions and intellectual spark that led to the founding of the greatest nation in the world. The book highlights the critical points in Jefferson’s career which include the penning down of the …

In this essay, I shall use primary sources to measure the short term significance of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1803-1806), focussing on documents to and from Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was President of the United States (1801-1809) and President of the American Philosophical Society (1797-1815), the oldest learned society in …

            The Missouri Compromise is a declaration of agreement between the pro-slavery and the anti-slavery in 1820. It concerns the state of the western territories whether they will be a free state or a slave state. To balance the people both in the senate and the congress, Missouri was admitted …

Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd president of the United States and the author of the Declaration of independence an article that has been read by many. He was one of the United States most articulate champions of representative democracy and human rights. Through speech and writing, Jefferson did communicate his …

“The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their (peace and liberty) attainment. They should be the creed of our politician faith, the text of civic instruction, the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust; and should we wander from …

There exists a fine line between the degree of responsibility a government has for its citizens, and the control it assumes to ensure the proliferation of its power. While freedom may be a traditional American value, how it is defined is a question that has long been a source of …

Throughout time, in reference to the constitution, Jeffersonian Democratic Republicans have been stereotyped as strict constructionists, while Federalists as lose interpreters. The true test of these assumptions is revealed throughout the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison, two leading figures of these two political parties. Although Jefferson advocated strict interpretation of …

Thomas Jefferson and Niccolo Machiavelli share similar and different thoughts on how a government should run. On how the government should function. From the rule of the government the rule of the people. However Machiavelli’s essay is more cynical, while on the other hand Jefferson is more logical. We might …

Throughout the early days of the United States of America, when the nation was beginning to take structural form, the power of the national government increased greatly. Much of this is due to the Federalist ideas present by our first President George Washington, and other prominent founding fathers such as …

After Thomas Jefferson was re-elected president of the United States of America, he gave a speech called The Second Inaugural Address. President Jefferson was known for his wonderful speaking skills. His inaugural speech was powerful and well-written. The forms of rhetorical devices that President Jefferson used in his speech are …