0910+Thomas+Jefferson

== =Thomas Jefferson= This page is about Thomas Jefferson.He was born on April 13 ,1743.He was born in Shadwell on a plantation in Virginia ,on the banks of [|Rivanna River].Jefferson died at the age of 83 on July 3 1826.[1]

Early in Thomas Jefferson' s life
Thomas Jefferson's parents names where Peter and Jane Jefferson .[1] Peter Jefferson was a planter. His mother Jane Randolph a member of one of Virginia's most distinguished families. Having inherited a considerable landed estate from his father, Jefferson began building Monticello when he was twenty-six years old. [5] He treated his pedigree lightly, but his mother, Jane Randolph Jefferson, came from one of the first families of Virginia; his father, Peter Jefferson, was a well-to-do landowner, although not in the class of the wealthiest planters.They had six children, two of whom survived into adulthood.[6]

In College
Thomas Jefferson enter [|Willam and Mary College] in1760. April,13 1764 Jefferson 21st brithday Thomas receives an inheritance that includes 5000 acres. [1] It also included 52 slaves,and his father's library. May 1773 Thomas is richest preson in his county.

After College
Jefferson wrote the[|Declaration of Independence]. When he said "all men are created equal"He mean all rich white men land onwers. Jefferson planned the Declaration into three parts.The most famous Thomas said were people should have rights like[3].We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.[4] In 1766 [|John Adams] and Thomas Jefferson wanted to run for president.[2]When the votes were counted Adams 71 Jefferson 64. On March 4, 1801 Thomas was inaugurated in [|Washington] as the third President.Thomas Paine started to be friends with Thomas Jefferson when he was the third president.

1.Thomas Jefferson by Roger Bruns

2.Meet Thomas Jefferson by Marvin Barrett

3.Harcourt Bruce Social Studies by Dr. Richard G. Buehm

4.http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm

5.http://www.monticello.org/jefferson/biography.html

6.http://sc94.ameslab.gov/tour/tjefferson.html