efferson film reached a bit more towards the emotions than the Washington film. These two films gave a lot of information about how Washington and Jefferson’s individual lives fitted into the war and how their views and opinions were changed by it. Jefferson’s views contained a conflicting bias. He had grown up in a family that supported the slave business as a means of survival. He had felt trapped by it, but while living he could not find a way to free his slaves without selling them or ruining his business.As far as I am concerned, I do not really have any personal biases or opinions on this subject because I really don’t have a whole lot of English, French, American Indian or even African American ancestors, if I do it is so small and so far back that it has not effected the family views that were passed down to me. I understand that if the French had won the French and Indian War I may have been speaking French now. I understand that if the English had won the Revolutionary War I may have been living in a society that bows to a king. I also understand that if at any point in history if the Indians had been treated differently by any of America’s initial visitors that I could have been speaking a dialect of one of the American Indian Nations. There are many things, which could have happened. I choose only to think about that which did occur and has helped to mold the way in which I am part of life and see life everyday. Although I didn’t really hold any biases this question made me think. In my family tree it is traceable that I had some members of my family come to America on the Mayflower thirteen generations before, and they weren’t from any of the major nations involved in the Revolution. I guess what hit me is that at this point in time there are a variety of people in America from different cultures. I am curious to know what was going on with the other cultures and how they vie...
