“Do you want to know who you are ? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” -Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was born in Virginia on April 13‚ 1743 and later died on July 4‚ 1826. Jefferson grew up in the Shad well ‚ Virginia where his father peter Jefferson was very wealthy. Jefferson and his family moved to Tuckahoe in 1745 ‚ and later his father died in 1775. He is the third of ten children. On June 11‚1776 anticipated that the vote for independence would be unfavorable. Something that
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Thomas Jefferson was all about reform. He believed that this country was in need of a great change and knew how he could make a difference. Jefferson was forced to mature early leaving him with no choice but to run his household at a very young age. He was left to run 10‚000 acres of land and one to two hundred slaves. Jefferson was a kind person‚ he was even kind to his slaves; he learned a lot from his responsibilities and even from his slaves. The knowledge he gained he applied it later on into
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Thomas Jefferson is commonly most notable for his contributions to American political history. He was President of the United States‚ the first secretary of state to George Washington‚ minister to France with Benjamin Franklin‚ governor of Virginia‚ and congressman. (725) Jefferson ’s literary works strongly reflect the focus‚ love‚ and ambition that he had for this country. Aside from the aspirations for the United States‚ he also very much appreciated it ’s then un-tainted beauty‚ as he makes
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I. Thomas Jefferson a) Born: April 13 th ‚ 1743 Goochland‚ VA b) Died: July 4 th ‚ 1826‚ Monticello‚ II. VA Educational and Occupational Background a) College of William and Mary b) VA delegate to Continental Congress (1783-1784) c) VA House of Burgesses (1769-1774) d) Governor of VA (1779-1791) e) Minister of France f) Secretary of State for George Washington (1790-1793) g) Vice President for John Adams (1797-1801) III. Terms of Office a) First term: 1801-1805
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Founding Fathers Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin are frequently regarded to be two of the most influential figures in early American history. Both men contributed greatly to the founding of the nation and are considered to be two of the forefathers of the new country. While there are great similarities in both their public and political lives as well as within their personal lives. Even with the uncanny similarities with these two men‚ there
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Did Thomas Jefferson Outfederalize The Federalist? By Ms. Jerome January‚ 14‚ 2011 Period H U.S. History Thomas Jefferson who was the 3rd president of United States of America is the one of the most important people in American history. He joined 1st and 2nd Continental Congress and he wrote the Declaration of Independence with John Adams and Benjamin Franklin. After Alexader Hamilton made and became the Federalist party which believed in strong center government‚ he made Democratic-Republican
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Thomas Jefferson had one of the biggest impacts on the United States. He was the third president‚ serving eight years in office. From 1801 to 1809‚ Jefferson was re-elected. He had two different vice presidents‚ the first being Aaron Burr and the second being George Clinton. Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13‚ 1743‚ in Shadwell‚ Virginia. He grew up on the Shadwell plantation because his father was a slave owner. Jefferson started boarding school at the age of nine; he was in boarding school
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freedom‚ and many other problematic issues they were faced with‚ George Washington‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ and Thomas Jefferson did an oustanding job at working through any and every complication they were faced with in order to make America prosper. Each and every one made their mark on history in enormous ways. All doing more than enough to excel America for greatness‚ I believe Thomas Jefferson to have been the strongest president. Abraham Lincoln did a wonderful thing by putting his whole heart
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Consenting Fathers: Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson Though Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson were contemporaries‚ their views‚ backgrounds and modes of influence were very different. Benjamin Franklin was born of a large and poor family and rose to become a model of the emerging bourgeois classes in the American Colonies. Throughout his long and life‚ Franklin succeeded in business‚ science‚ and excellent statesmanship. Thomas Jefferson‚ however‚ rose out of an affluent family to become
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Thomas Jefferson: The Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson was the author of The Declaration of Independence‚ and according to Bellis‚ Jefferson was also a jurist‚ a diplomat‚ a writer‚ an inventor‚ a philosopher‚ an architect‚ a gardener‚ a negotiator of Louisiana Purchase‚ but he only requested three of his many accomplishments to be noted on his tomb. (2005). Thomas Jefferson was a very smart politician and he knew what to say to whom in order to enhance their support. This essay will
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