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Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was American. He was born on April 13^th 1743 in Shadwell, Virginia. He studied at the college of William and Mary.He married Martha Wayles Skelton and had six children. He inherited land when his father died  and he built his home at Monticello.

He was a leader in advocating republicanism in America and insisted that the country must be independent from Great-Britain. He is the man who wrote the original version of the  Declaration of Independence of the United States declared in 1776. It made the thirteen colonies in North America free from the rule of Great-Britain.

With James Madison he founded the Republican party in 1792.

He was the governor of Virginia from 1779 to 1781, and the author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom.

He was the minister to France in 1785. and the First Secretary of State  during the presidency of George Washington ( 1789-1793).

Jefferson was the third president of the U.S.A from 1801 to 1809.

In 1803, he bought Louisiana from Napoleon Bonaparte .

He died on July 4^th 1826 in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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1. Who was Thomas Jefferson? The second president of the U.S.AThe first president of the U.S.AThe third president of the U.S.AI don't know

2. Where was he from?VirginiaMinnesotaCaliforniaI don't know

3. What did he write?The latest version of the Declaration of IndependenceThe first draft of the Declaration of IndependenceThe declaration of IndifferenceI don't know

4. It made...The 31 first states of America independent from Great-BritainThe 13 first states of America independent from FranceThe 13 first states of America independent from Great-BritainI don't know

5. They became independent in…177617771876I don't know

6. What else did he write?The Virginia Statute for Religious FreedomThe Virginia Statute for Fashion FreedomThe Alabama Statute for Religious FreedomI don't know

7. What political party did he create?the Federal PartyNoneThe Republican PartyI don't know

8. He was the minister to…Religious RightsVirginiaFranceI don't know

9. What did he buy from Napoleon?North VirginiaAlabamaLouisianaI don't know

10. When did he die?182617261926I don't know