Happy Birthday to Mr. President Thomas Jefferson!
Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743. He is remembered for being an amazing and brilliant man. He played a significant role in the founding of the United States and he drafted the Declaration of Independence. He was a curious hands-on leader with numbers of interests and high skills like architecture, law among others and he really believed in human equality.
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Who was Thomas Jefferson?
- Jefferson grew up in a wealthy family in Virginia.
- He is famous for writing the Declaration of Independence in 1775 with Benjamin Franklin and John Adams: The founder fathers of the United States.
- Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd President of The United States of America from 1801 to 1809 and founder of the Democratic-Republican Party. As President, one of his greatest accomplishments was increasing the size of the country when he bought Louisiana from France.
- He designed the Virginia Capitol and the University of Virginia. He also invented the lap desk and developed the decimal system of coinage that is the basis of American money - dollars and cents.
- He died at the age of 83 on the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence (July, 4th 1926).
Thomas Jefferson: Founder father of The United States
Nowadays, Thomas Jefferson is honored all around the United States. Monuments, streets, parks, buildings, cities, counties, corporations, bear Jefferson's name. His portrait is on two dollar bill.
