The Legacy Of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was an American founding father who was born in April 13, 1743 and died in July 4, 1826. With his good 83 years of life Thomas became a third
President of the United States, his father died when Thomas was 14, his mother decided to move to Tuckahoe Plantation. Thomas inherited 5,000 acers of land by the age of 21. Jefferson got educated at a collage called Wren Building, by age nine Jefferson new how to speak Latin, Greek, and French. By age 25 Jefferson had married his third-cousin Martha Wayles and had six children with her. Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence; he was the youngest delegates of the second continual congress. Jefferson drafted 126 bills in three years including laws to streamline the judicial system, he was elected governor for one-year terms in 1779 and 1780 for public education, religious freedom, and revision of inheritance laws. …show more content…
The election of 1800 was when Jefferson had won and was campaigning against Aaron Burr witch A.Burr had lost, wanted to become the vice president but Jefferson didn’t like the idea and changed the rule about vice president. Lafayette and Jefferson haven’t seen each other from 1789 when they saw each other they yelled ‘ah Lafayette!’ “ah Jefferson!’ as they burst into tears and they fell into each other’s arms. Final days of Jefferson came to an end in 1826, he was overcomes with fever and declined Washington invitation to an anniversary of the Declaration. The rest of the book continues from notes and letters from all the people who helped Jefferson become
President of the United States, his father died when Thomas was 14, his mother decided to move to Tuckahoe Plantation. Thomas inherited 5,000 acers of land by the age of 21. Jefferson got educated at a collage called Wren Building, by age nine Jefferson new how to speak Latin, Greek, and French. By age 25 Jefferson had married his third-cousin Martha Wayles and had six children with her. Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence; he was the youngest delegates of the second continual congress. Jefferson drafted 126 bills in three years including laws to streamline the judicial system, he was elected governor for one-year terms in 1779 and 1780 for public education, religious freedom, and revision of inheritance laws. …show more content…
The election of 1800 was when Jefferson had won and was campaigning against Aaron Burr witch A.Burr had lost, wanted to become the vice president but Jefferson didn’t like the idea and changed the rule about vice president. Lafayette and Jefferson haven’t seen each other from 1789 when they saw each other they yelled ‘ah Lafayette!’ “ah Jefferson!’ as they burst into tears and they fell into each other’s arms. Final days of Jefferson came to an end in 1826, he was overcomes with fever and declined Washington invitation to an anniversary of the Declaration. The rest of the book continues from notes and letters from all the people who helped Jefferson become