Jefferson

Declaration of Independence

America's founding proclamation

• draftsmanTechnical illustrator of plans
• independenceFreedom from external control
• libertyAbsence of unjust constraint

self-evident · unalienable rights · consent of governed · enlightenment · philosophy · revolution · Continental Congress · 1776 · founding father · patriot

White House

Official presidential residence

• inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
• Louisiana Purchase1803 territorial acquisition
• third presidentExecutive after second

cabinet · embargo · election · statesman · administration · executive · commander-in-chief · Lewis and Clark · Republican · first term

University of Virginia

Public research institution, Charlottesville

• educationSystematic development of mind
• academiaHigher education community
• libraryBook collection or building

books · Enlightenment · correspondence · epistolary · polymath · inventor · languages · science · natural philosophy · architecture

Sally Hemings

• enslavedMade someone's property
• plantationLarge-scale farming operation
• contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together

enslaver · abolition · hypocrisy · ownership · descendants · DNA · legacy · reckoning · memorial

Palladian

Renaissance-rooted architectural style

• architectureBuilding design discipline
• estateProperty and grounds
• plantationLarge-scale farming operation

Charlottesville · Albemarle · neoclassical · dome · gardens · restoration · heritage · landmark · tourism · residence

currency

Medium of exchange

• portraitArtistic depiction of someone
• mintAromatic culinary herb
• circulationMovement through a system

denomination · numismatics · collectible · banknote · legal tender · treasury · coinage

France

Western European republic

• ParisFrance's chief city
• ministerReligious leader or serve
• ambassadorOfficial foreign representative

treaty · foreign affairs · French Revolution · Lafayette · negotiation · international · trade · commerce · consul · Europe

• American IconsAbraham Lincoln, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks
• presidencyOval Office, president, Washington, executive branch, veto
• 18th Century FiguresNapoleon, Washington, Franklin, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin
• 19th Century LeadersLincoln, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Napoleon III, Victoria
• American IdeasAmerican Dream, American exceptionalism, transcendentalism, manifest destiny, self-reliance
• Colorado CountiesDenver, Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, El Paso