As president, Thomas Jefferson
a. increased the size and expense of the government.
b. used the Sedition Act to arrest outspoken Federalist opponents.
c. reduced the size of the army and navy and cut back on military spending.
d. spent thousands of dollars on extravagant balls and dinner parties.
e. rejected the opportunity to expand the territory of the U.S.
c
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____________________ prohibited a land owner or his heirs from selling off part of his estate
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The council whose members were heads of wealthy landowning families at the center of political action in the Roman Republic was
a. the Council of Nobles. b. annually elected civic officials. c. the Senate. d. the Plebeian Council. e. the Congress of Monarchs.
What concepts and institutions dominated colonial politics in the eighteenth century?
What will be an ideal response?
What does the following quote by Benjamin Rush signify? “The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution. On the contrary, nothing but the first act of the great drama is closed.”
A) The American Revolution was not a war at all, but merely a break from English control over the colonies. B) The war was merely the first step in the colonists’ move toward establishing a new nation. C) The war was not yet over and the Americans needed to prepare for another round of fighting against the British if they ever hoped to gain their independence. D) Americans needed to free themselves from other European countries that were restricting their trade and keeping them from economic and political independence. E) The American Revolution would not end until the English monarchy was destroyed and a new form of government was put in place in England to better rule the colonies.