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Apr 3, 2014 · Famous Political Figures. U.S. Presidents. Thomas Jefferson was a Founding Father of the United States who wrote the Declaration of Independence. As U.S. president, he completed the Louisiana...
Scientist. Writer. Revolutionary. Governor. Vice-president. President. Philosopher. Architect. Slave Owner. Many words describe Thomas Jefferson. He is best remembered as the person who wrote the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States. Early Life and Monticello.
Thomas Jefferson, a spokesman for democracy, was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and the third President of the United States...
Nov 17, 2015 · 1. Life and Writings. 2. Deity, Nature, and Society. 2.1 The Cosmos. 2.2 Nature and Society. 3. Morality. 3.1 Religion and Morality. 3.2 The Moral Sense. 4. Political Philosophy. 4.1 The “Mother Principle” 4.2 The “Natural Aristoi ” 4.3 Usufruct and Constitutional Renewal. 4.4 Revolution. 5. Philosophy of Education. 5.1 A System of Education.
Jefferson fully embraced the lifestyle of an affluent member of the planter class, and over the course of his lifetime he owned over 600 enslaved people—the most of any American president. In addition to building and managing his Monticello plantation, Jefferson pursued careers in law and public service.
Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States. He served two terms in office, from 1801 to 1809. Jefferson dealt with two major challenges to US authority: piracy along the Barbary Coast of North Africa, and British impressment, which resulted in Jefferson instating a mass embargo of European goods, the Embargo Act of 1807.
First Inaugural Address. Overview. Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, spent his childhood roaming the woods and studying his books on a remote plantation in the Virginia Piedmont. Thanks to the prosperity of his father, Jefferson had an excellent education.
