Thomas Jefferson

A detailed Summary of Thomas Jefferson

What we know Jefferson best for is his infamous phrase in the Declaration of

Independence: "The right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". Without this we'd

Never be in America speaking English, Spanish, Indian, and all other diverse languages.

Like any one of us, Thomas was a living person, growing and changing.

It was Virginia that Jefferson grew up in. Virginia was the largest American

colony in size by the time he was born in April of 1743. Thomas was the 3rd born in his

family. He had two older sisters. His father Peter had great strength. Everyone

remembered the time Peter had taken two hogs head of tobacco weighing 1,000lbs each

and lifted them from their sides to stand them upright.

There were no early portraits of Jefferson, but what some have said was that, he

was tall for his age, skinny, and awkward in movement, hazel-blue eyes and freckled

Jefferson spoke up at once, " Well if you are decided then I will do as well as I can."

in Philadelphia. He wrote in a neat, but small penmanship. One revision it had to

invaded Virginia. The redcoats wanted to capture Jefferson and the members of the

"Dragoons," he warned. "They're coming, they're real!"

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