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Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States . He was also the second Vice President . Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence , founded what came to be the Democratic Party , and established the University of Virginia . He played a major part in shaping the theory and practice of government of the new nation . As President , Jefferson was a strong and generally effective leader . During his two terms , he more than doubled the size of the country , through the Louisiana Purchase , and

kept the nation from involvement in the Napoleonic Wars despite both British and French violations of America 's neutrality (Cunningham , 2001

Thesis Statement : The purpose of this study is scrutinize the pre-presidential life of Thomas Jefferson and how he became president thus , finding out his accomplishments while he was a president and how effective he was as president

Thomas Jefferson was born in April 13 , 1783 , at Shadwell , a plantation in Goochland (now Albemarle ) County , Virginia . At five , Thomas was sent to a private school near Richmond . He later studied under private tutors and in 1760 entered the College of William Mary . There he developed a zeal for higher mathematics and the natural sciences and impressed many with his brilliant mind (Johnston , 2005 . He also became an accomplished violinist and horseman . Moreover , Jefferson was a justice of the peace and a church vestryman before he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1769 . In 1779 , Jefferson was elected governor of...