Thomas Jefferson, the American icon, is best remembered as the author of our Declaration of Independence and as a great president. Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, at Shadwell plantation in western Virginia. He later went on to excel in school and graduated at William and Mary College in Virginia. After college, Jefferson became involved in government and was elected president of the Virginia House of Burgesses. Jefferson soon found himself a forerunner of the American …showed first 75 words of 738 total…

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