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Who/What/Where/When
Thomas
Jefferson
Definition: Third
president of the United States, serving two terms. He was
also vice-president under John Adams. He wrote the
Declaration of Independence. He was a minister to France and
later kept his country out of wars with England and France.
Jefferson, along with James Madison, was a leader of the new
Democratic-Republican Party. His politics brought him into
conflict with Adams and Alexander Hamilton, who were the
leaders of the new Federalist Party. Jefferson made the
Louisiana Purchase and sent Meriwether Lewis and James Clark
on their famous visit to the Pacific Ocean. In his personal
life, he was a successful inventor, inventing among other
things a swivel chair and a wheel cipher, which could be
used to send or read coded messages. He also had many
interesting inventions at his home, Monticello.
Related
Resources:
Thomas
Jefferson: Voice of
Independence
This article follows Jefferson from boy to man, from lawyer
to president.
Thomas
Jefferson
Find out more about the great man, what he did, and what he
thought.
Elsewhere
on the Web:
Biography
of Thomas Jefferson
The man and his accomplishments come alive in this
fascinating biography.
His
Autobiography
He uses some big words sometimes, but he tells his own story
and it's great reading!
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