... . Americans enjoyed such songs as "The Wearing of the Green" and "The Blue Bells of Scotland." People read and admired The Life and Memorable Actions of George Washington by Mason Locke Weems. On the frontier, Johnny Appleseed began wandering through Ohio and Indiana, planting apple seeds and teaching the Bible. Thomas Jefferson is best remembered as a great president and as the ... ...

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... Jefferson's selfish personality because he never spoke out publicly until something had a negative impact upon his own life. Jefferson was largely influenced by Enlightenment writings and was a firm believer in Locke's theory. Soon Jefferson became a revolutionary, and in 1776 wrote the most important document in this nation's history, the Declaration of Independence. However, during the war, while Washington led his troops ... ...

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... read, things that clarify thoughts which justify their own thoughts, or which suggest ideas that are already predisposed to accept. Many different philosophers have many different ideas about natural rights. Locke felt that the state man should be in was that of perfect freedom, to do whatever they think is fit to do within a state of nature, of equality, where no ... ...

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... college and did well (35). After graduation, he became a teacher in the town of Worcester, Mass. This job did not last long. "Adams felt himself "irresistibly impelled" to the law" (39). He yearned to be a lawyer. This was also around the time of the French and Indian war and politics and history were the hot topics of the day. Adams was ... ...

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... with old friends. But every time I met a stranger, I'd have to stand by that kitchen door for a minute. It was hard." Coolidge's mother Victoria Josephine Moor Coolidge died when she was 39 years old, when Coolidge was only twelve. He said "the greatest grief that can come to a boy came to me." He carried a picture of his mother with him in a silver ... ...

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