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Thomas Jefferson was Born on April 13, 1743,on a farm called Shadwell, what is now called Monticello, in the county of Albermarle, Virginia. Jefferson was the third child in the family and grew up with six sisters and one brother. At the age of five, Jefferson was placed by his father, Peter Jefferson, at an "English school, for four years, where he developed an interest in botany, geology, cartography, and North American exploration". After English school, was transferred to a Latin school, where he remained five years under the watchful eye of Mr. Douglass, a clergyman from Scotland. This is were he found and developed a love for Greek and Latin, which helped him acquired at the same time a knowledge of the French. At this period, his father died, leaving him an orphan only fourteen years old and without a relative or friend to guide him. (Daugherty 59).
In 1760, at the age of 16, Jefferson entered the College of William and Mary where he studied under William Small and George Wythe. Through Small, he got his first views of science and of the system of things in which we are placed. Through Small and Wythe, Jefferson became good friends with Governor Francis Fauquier. After finishing college in 1762, Jefferson studied law with Wythe and noticed a growing tension between America and Great Britain. Jefferson was admitted to the bar in 1767. He successfully practiced law and became acquainted with the civil and common law, exploring every topic and every principle.until public service occupied most of his time. (Daugherty 97)
Though he was not a master in the art of writing, Jefferson proved to be an able writer of laws and resolutions. he was very straight to the point in his writings. Jefferson soon became a member in a group which opposed and took action in the aurguments between Britain and the colonies." Together with other patriots, the group met in the Apollo Room of Williamsburg's famous Raleigh Tavern in 1769 and formed a...
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