Thomas Jefferson was third president of the United States of America. He
was born in Virginia. Thomas Jefferson was a planter and a lawyer from
1767, and also a slaveholder. He was member of the House of Burgesses
from 1769 to 1775. In 1774 he wrote the influential Summary View of the
Rights of British America, stating that the British Parliament had more
authority to legislate for the colonies. During the Second Continental
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