Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States. He was

from Virginia and was one of the youngest men in Congress. He had only

recently become involved in politics. John Adams, the delegate from

Massachusetts, had years of experience. Jefferson thought it was only logical

that the task of writing this important document should fall to the older, more

experienced statesman. Adam's wanted Jefferson to write the Declaration of

Independence, but Jefferson did not want to do it because he thought it would

be too hard and it would take a lot of thinking. Jefferson was a writer, inventor, a

statesman, and an architect. He explored the new ideas about science and

government that were taking shape all around him. When he was told that he had

to write the Declaration of Independence, he started right away which is

contradictory to what we would think, because he didn't want to do it.

as they wished as long as it didn't hurt others. Today we take these ideas for

Thomas Jefferson had first learned the principle of individual freedom as

him 2 weeks to write the Declaration. With this document, the colonies were

school was close to Shadwell, and he could rode a pony home. He also had a

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