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Jefferson, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Jefferson, Thomas, 1743–1826, 3d President of the United States (1801–9), author of the Declaration of Independence, and apostle of agrarian democracy. After 1809, Jefferson…

Lewis & Clark: A the Heart of the Continent

by NoahBrooks To the Great Falls of the MissouriAt the Sources of the MissouriA the Heart of the Continent Captain Clark continued his observations up the long series of…

The Judiciary Act of 1789

In the Judiciary Act of 1789, the First Congress provided the detailed organization of a federal judiciary that the Constitution had sketched only in general terms. Acting on its…

A the Heart of the Continent

Chapter 10 Chapter 12 A the Heart of the Continent Captain Clark continued his observations up the long series of rapids and falls until he came to a group of three small…

Virginia, state, United States

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Virginia, state of the S Middle-Atlantic United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), North Carolina and Tennessee (S), Kentucky and West Virginia (W), and Maryland…