Pierce Butler Meet The Farmer Analysis

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Hello Class, On the quiz, I scored a 4 out of 10. I guess I don't know too much about my American History. Throughout the quiz I learned that a president can serve in the office for ten years. From my understanding, I was thinking it was eight years. I chose to read in the "Meet the Farmer of the Constitution". The person I picked was Pierce Butler. He was a very wealthy farmer. When he was going through the war of independence it nearly cost him most of his property. He was force to go take out a personal loan so that he could get back onto his feet. He was a well known outspoken nationalist.

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