Thomas Jefferson: Author of the Declaration of Independence (1801-1809)
Thomas Jefferson was quite an interesting fellow. He was definitely a genius, as he was an expert in pretty much everything you could be an expert of. He was a great writer, too. But there is a little of hypocrisy in there for good measure, so watch this if you want to know more about the
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Thomas Jefferson | Claiming Independence | Biography
Watch a short video biography of Thomas Jefferson, the draftsman of the Declaration of Independence and the third president of the United States. #Biography Subscribe for more Biography: http://aetv.us/2AsWMPH Delve deeper into Biography on our site: http://www.biography.com Follow Biog
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Thomas Jefferson & His Democracy: Crash Course US History #10
In which John Green teaches you about founding father and third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson is a somewhat controversial figure in American history, largely because he, like pretty much all humans, was a big bundle of contradictions. Jefferson was a slave-own
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Gerald Ford: Taking Tumbles (1974 – 1977)
Gerald Ford ascended to the presidency upon the resignation of Richard Nixon. Since he had been selected to replace Spiro Agnew as Nixon's Vice President the year prior, Ford is the only person to ever have served as both Vice President and President without having been elected to either o
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Abraham Lincoln | Assassination Conspiracy | Biography
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 to April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States and is regarded as one of America's greatest heroes due to his role as savior of the Union and emancipator of the slaves. His rise from humble beginnings to achieving the highest office in the
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Jefferson's Black Family - Janine Sternlieb
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From playlist Ignite - Sebastopol 2018
On the fiftieth anniversary of the ratification of the Declaration of Independence, the US lost two of the men most responsible for its creation. Independence Day 1826 might be the most important since July 4, 1776. Check out our new community for fans and supporters! https://thehistoryg
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What makes Thomas Jefferson so controversial? - Frank Cogliano
Thomas Jefferson was a founding father of the United States — but were his principles outweighed by his participation in slavery? -- Thomas Jefferson, founding father of the United States and primary author of the Declaration of Independence, was part of America’s fight for freedom and e
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How Thomas Jefferson Saved America With a Dead Moose
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From playlist Be Smart - LATEST EPISODES!
An analogy for persistent homology [Henry Adams]
I give an analogy between persistent homology barcodes and Jefferson's vegetable market chart. Thanks to Jan Segert, from whom I first heard this analogy, and thanks to Lander Ver Hoef, who created the images of sublevelset persistence in the video. The blog post from the library of congre
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John Wilkes Booth's Final Days | History
John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Lincoln and sparked a 12-day manhunt, one of the biggest in U.S. history. #HistoryChannel Subscribe for more HISTORY: http://histv.co/SubscribeHistoryYT Read More: http://po.st/John_Wilkes_Booth Check out exclusive HISTORY content: Website - http:
From playlist Examine the Past | History
The American Revolution (HIST 116) In this lecture, Professor Freeman discusses the Declaration of Independence and sets the document in its historical context. The Declaration was not the main focus of the Second Continental Congress, which was largely concerned with organizing the def
From playlist The American Revolution with Joanne B. Freeman
William Henry Harrison: Hey, What Happened? (1841)
William Henry Harrison, or good old Tippecanoe, had the shortest term of any president so far. That's because he died just one month into his term. Being the first president to die in office, it brought up the issue of what to do when that happens, and it was decided that the vice presiden
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Coroner's Report: Stonewall Jackson | History
The Confederate general Stonewall Jackson was accidentally shot by his own men during a major Civil War battle, but it wasn't his wounds that killed him eight days later. How exactly did the commander die? Subscribe for more History: http://histv.co/SubscribeHistoryYT Check out exclusive
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Stanford historian Jack Rakove provides a brief survey of the "big six" founding fathers, the strange relationship between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, and the election that turned out to be the first serious test of the durability of our constitutional system. Rakove is the William
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