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Thomas Jefferson Childhood

Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13th, 1743. As a child Jefferson live in a four room house on a plantation with two sisters. On most of Jefferson’s time he spent three to four hours play a violin as a kid. He has also hunted and studied. During this time Jefferson’s cousin had passed away and her kids were not old enough. So Jefferson’s family had to go to the house to take care of the land till his cousins are old enough to take care of the land. As they were there Jefferson attended a small school. He studied plants, insects and animals after class with his friend. Early life Before he had written the declaration he had went to the William and Mary College in Williamsburg, the capitol of Virginia. After three years at this college he became a lawyer mostly because he studied government in this college. A few years later he was elected to the House of Burgesses. Later on he was also elected to be Virginia’s Governor. Then later on he was elected President through 1801-1804. Writing the Declaration Thomas Jefferson was a draftsman of the Declaration of Independence; the nation’s first security of state; Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence along with John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston. Out of those five Jefferson wrote most of it. Jefferson started the Declaration on June 11th and ended on July 4th 1776. They all chose him to do most of it because they all knew he was a lawyer. When he was writing the Declaration he decided to split it in four parts. He was the 18th one to sign the declaration.

After the Declaration He was the second vice president through 1797-1801 and the third president through 1801-1809. Jefferson had also made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 to expand the colonies toward west. As he was president he sent to people to the other side of the continent to investigate the new land. As president he designed the University of.On July 4th 1826 Jefferson died in bed in Monticello. He lived to be 83 years old.

References
 * 1) " Thomas Jefferson Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com ." Famous Biographies & TV Shows - Biography.com . N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Dec. 2012. .
 * 2) Erekson, Ole, Engraver, c1876, and Library of Congress. "Thomas Jefferson." ushistory.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2012. <http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers