Book Review on Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson by Norman Risjord is a biography of the third president of the United States that takes Thomas Jefferson from his youth through his later years in the early 19th century. The purpose of this book is to give a political and social o...

The American Women Abigail Adams was a women of a unique personality . She was an intellectual because she wanted to have an education and demonstrated the desire to learn. As a mother, she passionately cared for her children during periods of disease and poor health that surround the...

John Marshall was born on September 24, 1755 in Prince William County, Virginia. When John was ten, his father decided that they were going to move into a valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains, almost thirty miles from the house they lived. John's parents were not well educated but th...

John Marshall was a Virginian -- by birth, upbringing, disposition, and property. "His thirty-four years as Chief Justice of the United States overshadowed his early life, yet the Chief Justice always remained what his early years had made of him. The words of his youth left enduring marks upon hi...

James Madison was the fourth president of the United States, he was also one of its founding fathers. In his political career he worked for American independence and helped to establish the government of the new nation. He was secretary of state, and finally president. James Madison was born in ...

James Madison was the fourth president of the United States, he was also one of its founding fathers. In his political career he worked for American independence and helped to establish the government of the new nation. He was secretary of state, and finally president. James Madison was born in ...

Thomas Jefferson was born in Shadwell which is now become Albemarle County Virginia on April 13, 1743. Jefferson came from a strong pedigree, his mother Jane Randolph Jefferson came from one of the first families in Virginia. Jefferson's father Peter Jefferson was a wealthy landowner in Virginia bu...

John Adams was the first Vice-President and the second President of the United States. Although not very popular, he had a very successful life. John Adams was born October 30, 1735, in Braintree Massachusetts, which is now known as Quincy. His father's name was John Adams. He was a farmer and Mili...

Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was born into a modest family, but later became to be one of the greatest statesmen in the country. He shaped this country's course of events, which forever changed the way we live today. Ben Franklin made many co...