I demand somebody, anybody to tell me a whole lot about Thomas Jefferson!?

Question

This is my homework! Please help me with it! Just tell me something about Thomas Jefferson like what he did and important stuff! Please tell me at least a paragraph!

Answer 1

Jefferson was an amazing person. He was an architect, inventor, and politician with an amazing mind and a unique outlook on life. He never wanted to be remembered for his time as President, as he was most proud of his role in the Declaration of Independence. The ideas he used (largely borrowed from philosopher John Locke) that "all me are created equal and that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights" such as "life, liberty, and the persuit of happiness," are some of the guiding principles of our nation. Yes he had slaves, but in the Declaration's first draft, he proposed the ending of slavery. Since he was a widower, he turned for comfort to one of his slaves, Sally Jennings, with whom he had children. Had times been different, he may have even married her. He served as George Washington's first Secretary of State and was able to keep the U.S. from getting involved in a European war that developed after the French Revolution. He and James Madison came up with the idea known as "states rights" to combat a law known as the Sedition Act. Their Kentucy and Virginia Resolutions would later be used by the South as justification for secession (which caused the Civil War). As President, he believed that the states should have more power than we do today, and set about weakening the government though cutting taxes and the size of the armed forces. Today we look at this as crazy, but in his era, the biggest threat to freedom was the ability for somone to take control of a large army which he could use to establish a monarchy.
I hope this helps a little. Its sure easier to read than Wikipedia.

Answer 2

Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 N.S.-4 July 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801-09), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of Republicanism in the United States. Major events during his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase (1803), the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806) and the failed Embargo Act of 1807.

As a political philosopher, Jefferson idealized the independent yeoman farmer as exemplar of the republican virtue, distrusted cities and financiers, and favored states' rights and a strictly limited federal government. He supported the separation of church and state and was the author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1779, 1786). He was the eponym of Jeffersonian democracy and the founder and leader of the Jeffersonian Republican party (eventually to become known as the Democratic-Republican Party), which dominated American politics for a quarter-century. Jefferson served as the wartime Governor of Virginia (1779–1781), first United States Secretary of State (1789–1793) and second Vice President (1797–1801).

A polymath, Jefferson achieved distinction as an horticulturist, architect, archaeologist, paleontologist, author, inventor, and the founder of the University of Virginia, among other roles. President John F. Kennedy welcomed forty-nine Nobel Prize winners to the White House in 1962, saying, "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent and of human knowledge that has ever been gathered together at the White House—with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

Answer 3

Maybe you should do the homework that teaches you how to ask for help politely. Would've been glad to do your research for you, if it weren't for the fact you're a brat.

Answer 4

he owned slaves. 3rd President. white. had hair (i think) lived a llllooonnngg time ago

Answer 5

Are you still holding your breath?

Answer 6

Well you not getting help here - how rude!!!

Good Luck!!!