Thomas Jefferson AZ - Nashua School District
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Thomas Jefferson AZ - Nashua School District
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. He wrote the Declaration of Independence on July 4,1776. Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13,1743. He was born in in Shadwell, Virginia. His parents were Peter Jefferson and Jane Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was a Member of Continental Congress. He was a member for one year from 17751776. This was held in Philadelphia on September of 1774. There were 56 delegates from the 12 colonies. They met in secret because they didn't want Great Britain to know that they were united. The Second Continental Congress met in 1775, when the Revolutionary war had started. Thomas Jefferson died on July 4,1826. He lived for 50 years. Thomas died in his home in Monticello. He died old from old age. Thomas Jefferson went to College at the William and Mary in Richmond Virginia in March. Thomas Jefferson had nine brothers and sisters. His brothers’ names were Peter Randolph, and the other one didn’t have a name. His sisters’ names were Elizabeth, Martha, Lucy and Anna. His mothers name is Jane Randolph. His father’s name was Peter Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was a very busy man. He ran a country, he wrote the declaration of independence. He was also an inventor. Thomas was a very smart man when he was younger. He went to college at the age of 17. He went to William and Mary in Richmond in Virginia. Thomas Jefferson was a Genius. He invented lots of useful things. Like the dumbwaiters for wine bottles, the Great Clothe hideaway bed, macaroni and cheese, macaroni extruding device, the pedometer, the plow moldboard of least resistance, the polygraph (not a lie detector, but a copying machine), a revolving bookstand, the spherical sundial an improved swivel chair and the wheel cipher. Thomas Jefferson was the vice President when John Adams was the President of the U.S. Jefferson was the man of the people. He was also the ambassador to France. The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. Thomas Jefferson Invented Macaroni and Cheese. He also invented the macaroni extruding device. Thomas Jefferson’s nickname was the Man of the People. The Man Of The People Thomas owned 650 slaves in his lifetime. Thomas Jefferson’s political party was the Democratic-Republican side. Thomas Jefferson wasn’t really a talkative person he’d prefer writing inside. Thomas reinterred in 1808. Thomas Jefferson was first the secretary of state in1790-1793 before he became president. Thomas Jefferson served two terms for the presidency. Thomas Jefferson helped founded the University of Virginia in 1819. Thomas Jefferson had two vice presidents during his terms , Aaron Burr (1801-1805) and George Clinton (18051809). Thomas Jefferson was raised by a very wealthy family. Thomas Jefferson was evolved in the x,y,z three members of this delegation were Elbridge Gerry, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, and John Marshall. This delegation was to work out the problems and conclude a treaty. Thomas Jefferson passed the Embargo Act of 1807. Thomas Jefferson lost point in his life was probably when his father died when he was 13 years old.