Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson-most known for being the author of the Declaration of Independence was an important man in the history of the United States of America. He helped the United States of America gain independence from Great Britain. Aside from the Declaration of Independence, he also authored another book entitled ‘Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom’. He has accomplished much in his life, and to add to that, he became the third president of the United States of America; under the party of the Republicans. He also founded the University of Virginia and help voice the ideas of the people of his era. As a public official, historian, author, and farmer he served his country for over five decades.

Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 at Shadwell, Virginia. His father, Peter Jefferson, was a successful planter and surveyor, and his mother Jane Randolph came from a well known family. Thomas Jefferson’s father passed away when he was fourteen. As he grew older, he began his career and inherited a considerable amount of land from his father. By the age of 26, he began building the Monticello, the place he would live in, on the estate. He married Martha Wayles Skelton and produced six children, however only two surviving until adulthood. Ten years after, Thomas Jefferson’s wife passed away, but Thomas never remarried and instead lived in the Monticello and spent time changing and expanding it gradually.

Having attended the College of William and Mary, Jefferson practiced law and served in local government as a magistrate, county lieutenant, and began his professional career as a member of the House of Burgesses in his early professional life, which was the first representative government group in the American colonies. He served there from 1769-1774, and argued against Great Britain’s actions and was a part of the Committee of Correspondence. Aside from this, Thomas Jefferson was a part of the Continental Congress from 1775-1776,...