Founding Father
President, musician, and a congressmen, are three things that describe Thomas Jefferson. Many people know that Thomas Jefferson was an author of the Declaration of the Independence, but he was so much more. Thesis: As a well known member of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson showed America that you don’t have to be connected with other countries. He left a lasting legacy as a great president. Early life for Thomas Jefferson was mainly with his parents and his siblings. His dad was a very busy ship captain. His mother was just a stay at home worker. He had three other siblings. He had one brother and two sisters. Early life helped Thomas Jefferson become the man he was because his parents were with him a lot and they taught him well although they were very busy.
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His legacy was simply that he wanted the Declaration of Independence to stay the same so that the world to be equal. He also wanted religious freedom and freedom for all races and all people. That was one of the things that was terrible back then because they had slaves and they weren’t treated the same. That is why Jefferson wanted freedom for all of mankind.
After Jefferson died, the world had changed in many different ways. One of the ways was that people started treating people the same as everyone else. Also people’s political careers change and people found many different jobs that would help the world.
Thomas Jefferson left a legacy as a great president. Showing people that you don’t have to be connected with other countries to do the things you want, Thomas Jefferson was a member of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson was definitely a hero of change because he made a law stating that the U.S. could have independence from Britain. Perhaps if people were more like Jefferson the world would be more