Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson


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     I really didn't have any problems finding information about Thomas

Jefferson.  On the Internet, I just did a search for Thomas Jefferson, and I got

all kinds of information, from the Thomas Jefferson University to his

autobiography.

     If I was the teacher, I would have allowed the students to print off of

the web pages.  It isn't illegal, and it would make it much easier and more

efficient to hit command-p and hit return than copy down 5 pages of information

longhand and not be able to write legibly for the rest of the day because of a

numb hand.  I also would have given a little more time than a week.

     All of the information I have came from the Internet.  I didn't use one

book to find information.  I think that it is much smarter to try to find

information electronically than it is to go to a library, do a search, hope they

have it in stock, walk around trying to find the book, go check it out, drive

home, stop at McDonald's, and finally site down and read it.  By the time you

get home and have time to read it, you're too tired to read the book, let alone

do a report with it.


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     Thomas Jefferson was born in Shadwell in Albemarle county, Virginia, on

April 13, 1743. His dad, Peter Jefferson and his mom Jane Randolph were members

of the most famous Virginia families.      Besides being born rich, Thomas

Jefferson, was well educated. He attended the College of William and Mary and

read law (1762-1767) with George Wythe, the best law teacher of his time in

Virginia.  He went into to the bar in 1767 and practiced until 1774, when the

courts were closed by the American Revolution.


     He had inherited a considerable landed estate from his father, and

doubled it by a happy marriage on Jan. 1, 1772, to Martha Wayles Skelton. He was

elected to the House of Burgesses, when he was 25, he served there from 1769 to

1774, proving himself to be an effective committeeman and skillful draftsman,

though not good at speaking


     From the beginning of the struggle with the mother country, Jefferson

stood with the more advanced Patriots, grounding his position on a wide

knowledge of English history and political philosophy. His biggest early

contribution to the cause of the Patriots was his powerful pamphlet A Summary

View of the Rights of British America (1774), originally written for

presentation to the Virginia convention of that year. In this he emphasized

natural rights, including that of immigration, and denied parliamentary

authority over the colonies, recognizing no tie with the mother country except

the king.


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