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Thomas Jefferson
by
John S. Matuszewski
American History
Mr. Dodds
December 2, 2004
Table of Contents
Page
I. Early Life and Childhood 1
II Through Collage and Into the world 2
III Revolutionary Politics 3
IV Pre-Presidential Posts and Accomplishments 4
V Presidency and post presidency 5
VI Picture 6
VII Works Cited 7
Thomas Jefferson
I. Early life and childhood
A simple log cabin located in now what is commonly known as Albemarle County, Virginia, was the birthplace of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States of America. He was born on April 13, 1743 to Peter and Jane Randolph Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was borne into what we might define today as an upper middle class. His mother, Jane Randolph, came from one of the leading families of Virginia and his father Peter Jefferson, although not considered poor, was considerably less well off than his wife. (Malone 1)
When Thomas was only two years old he and his family, which now consisted of three
Sisters, himself and his mother moved to a new house called Tuckahoe. His father provided for
his family by working as a planter owning more than 200 slaves but as his children grew he
expanded and moved further from raising tobacco and made a name for himself by eventually
becoming a well known surveyor and getting the popular reputation as a conqueror of the
Virginian wilderness. (Malone 22)
When Tom was nine he and his family moved back to the home of his birth where his
father died five years later. Tom spent the rest of his childhood as a typical Virginian boy would.
He developed a not overwhelming yet real affection for the out...
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