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Quiz Questions
1. Be prepared to discuss 2 things
What were some of the issues personal and political that complicated the
collaboration bet. Adams and Jefferson? What factors made their f and w rel.
difficult to maintain?
Adams
Jefferson
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Short, stout, candid NE
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Highly combustible
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Combative
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Talker
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Loved argument
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Orator
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Man of principle
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Oak
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Style: confront, shout, rant,
embrace
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Tall, slender, elegantly elusive V
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Cool
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Self-contained
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Didn’t like debate
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Writer
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Man of party
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Went with the flow
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Willow
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Style: evade, maintain pretenses,
convince himself that all was well
For a time, the opposite styles worked
Davila Essays – start of the rift between them; misunderstanding
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Jefferson: “political heresies”
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Adams labeled a monarchist
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J told others that Adams had gone to the monarchical Feds
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His association with them go against the revolutionary principles that they
created
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Lied to Adams to maintain their friendship; told him a different version of
the story – he didn’t know it was his writings
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- Fall '08
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