Meaning of Eudora. Compound name composed of the Greek element eu (good, well, fine) and doron (gift); hence, good gift. The name is borne in Greek mythology by one of the Nereids, the fifty sea-nymph daughters of Nereus.
HGU: Henry feared the Constitution would give the federal government too much power and threaten state sovereignty and individual liberties. He warned that the document set no limits on congressional taxing powers and gave the president the authority to lead the nation into undeclared wars.
In the years before his presidency, Thomas Jefferson was an anti-Federalist who believed in strict- construction of the Constitution. After the constitutional convention had taken place, Thomas Jefferson petitioned against the ratification of the newly written document, the Constitution.