| Term Paper Title | Thomas Jefferson |
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, at Shadwell in
Albemarle County, Virginia. His dad was a plantation owner that grew
tobacco, and his mom belonged to the Randolph family they were rich. From
his dad and from his soroundings he had a big intrest in botany, geology,
cartography, and North American exploreation, and he liked Greek and Latin.
He was also a musition that liked music and liked to play music. Thomas
Jefferson liked to play the violin. His religion was Unitarian. As a student at
the Colledge of William and Mary in the early 1760's he studied under
william small, who knew a depth in Scottish stuff, with Thomas Jefferson's
big intrest in law, history, philosophy, and science. In George Wythe, he
found an equally gifted teacher of law. Thomas Jefferson was addmitted to
the bar in 1767 and first elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1769.
One of the things he liked the most during the his late 20's was the design
and building of his house, Monticello. He built his house many times so if
you seen it today it would look a lot different than what it did when he first
made it. He didn't really think about marridge until 1770, then he found
Martha Wayles Skelton. When they met he was 27 and she was only 23.
Then they got married in 1772.
Then they had several kids but not all of them lived. There was Martha
(1772-1836), Jane (1774-1775), Their infant son (1777), Mary (1778-1804),
Lucy (1780-1781), and another Lucy (1782-1785).
The Declaration of Independence was also made by Thomas Jefferson
on June 1776 that was when Thomas Jefferson Was 33 years old. Thomas
Jefferson, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Robert Liveingstone, and Rodger
Sherman were the people piked to make the Declaration of Independence.
As secretary of state in George Washington's first administration,
from 1790 to 1793, Thomas Jefferson then became a member of Congress in
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