... resolution officially clearing Jefferson of all charges. Jefferson returned home to Monticello in 1781, and buried himself in writing about Virginia. The pages of text turned into a manuscript later known as the Notes of Virginia. This book went into great detail about the beauty of external nature as in its clarification of moral, political, and social issues, was read by scientist of two ... continents for years to come. His wife, ill since the birth of their last daughter, died in September 1782. In sorrow for ... president. He lost by three votes, which under the prevailing system me...

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... , pg 27)." Meanwhile, Mary Brave Bird created her autobiography to show what Native Americans go throughout their lives. It continually talks about the harsh realities of the Native American life to show how they were oppressed by white people. Although she does not state it bluntly as Benjamin Franklin stated his ... that get us down, but just being Indian, trying to hang on to our way of life, language, and values while being surrounded by an alien, more powerful culture(Lakota Woman, Pg 5). In trying to attract a different audience, it effects their structure of their autobiographies....

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... on his personal secretary Meriwether Lewis and second mate William Clark to explore the vast expanse of the Louisiana territory. Their thorough quest took over a year to accomplish the goals Jefferson had laid out for them. Following the disastrous end to John Adam's second term, including such fiascos as the XYZ affair and the Alien and Sedition Acts, Republicans held a majority in both houses of Congress, ... certain taxes and minimizing the army. His policies made him popular with the common man, such as the farmer, who Jefferson believed was the backbone of American civilization and t...

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