How Did Thomas Jefferson Impact Society

Thomas Jefferson had a very important life and he made an impact on the United States. He had many jobs in his lifetime, and they were all equally as important as the rest. Jefferson was born April 13, 1743, at a Shadwell Plantation in Virginia. His parents were Jane Randolph Jefferson and Peter Jefferson. His mom’s family were claimed English and Scottish royalty. Peter Jefferson was a successful farmer, skilled surveyor, and he produced the first accurate map of the province of Virginia.
Jefferson’s favorite childhood memories were playing in the woods, practicing the violin, and reading. Thomas began his formal education, studying Greek and Latin at a private school. He loved school and was a very smart kid. In 1757, at the age of 14,
By the time he finished studying law, he was already one of the most learned lawyers in America. Thomas met, and fell in love with Martha Wayles Skelton, a recent widow and one of the wealthiest women in Virginia. They got married January 1, 1772. They also had 6 children together, but only 2 survived into adulthood, Martha, their first born, and Mary, their 4th. On June 1st, 1779, the Virginia legislature elected Jefferson as the state's 2nd governor. Jeffersons 2 years as governor proved a low point in his political career, he pleased no one as governor. On June 1st, 1781, the day before his second term as governor, Jefferson was forced to leave his home. He barely escaped the capture by the British cavalry, he was not
He finished the first version in 1781 and updated and enlarged the book in 1782-83. Thomas Jefferson's wife Martha, died on September 6, 1782, in Charlottesville VA, at the age of 34. After months of mourning, in June 1783, Jefferson returned to Philadelphia to lead the Virginia delegation to the confederation congress. Jefferson sold his personal library to Congress for 23,950 dollars after British burned down the US Capitol, which houses the library of congress. At home, Jefferson spent his time farming, managing his finances, and making improvements on the estate. Jefferson’s first term in office was remarkably successful and productive because he lowered the national debt from 80 million to 57 million only in his first 2 years in office. Jefferson was a slave owner, and in the 1900’s, scientists did a DNA test on Thomas Jefferson and another person because people have said that he had kids with one of his slaves, Sally Hemmings. It was proved that he did have kids with Hemmings. They got that idea because she was the only slave set free after Jefferson’s death. Jefferson loved science and technology, he invented a Jefferson Disk. The Jefferson Disk is a wheel that has Latin letters on it, you chose your letters you needed to write with, and then you would be able to write in Latin. Jefferson had the bones of a Mastodon, an animal from 40 million years ago. He