greykit.essays — American Founding/thomas-jefferson

• 1786-01-16 [american-founding] The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

  Jefferson's statute disestablishing religion in Virginia — that "no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship.

  #founding-era#1780s#document#religious-toleration#liberty#natural-rights#self-government
• 1791-02-15 [american-founding] Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank

  Jefferson's strict-construction reply — the enumerated powers bind Congress, and a bank is nowhere among them.

  #early-republic#1790s#letter#constitution#federalism#republicanism
• 1798-11-10 [american-founding] The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798

  Jefferson's anonymous protest against the Alien and Sedition Acts, arguing the states may judge federal overreach — the compact theory of the Union.

  #early-republic#1790s#document#federalism#liberty#self-government#republicanism
• 1801-03-04 [american-founding] First Inaugural Address

  Jefferson's conciliatory inaugural after a bitter election — "We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.

  #early-republic#1800s#speech#self-government#liberty#republicanism