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Name: Thomas Jefferson Hometown: Shadwell, Virginia Date of Birth: April 13, 1743 Job Title: I served in the Virginia Legislature, was in the Continental Congress, and I was the governor of Virginia Education: Collage of William and Mary

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About Me
I, Thomas Jefferson, wrote the Declaration of Independence to end the Revolutionary War. When I wrote the paper, I contributed many phrases of my thinking. The fellows that helped me write this were John Adams, Ben Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston. Before the war had started I studied law until June of 1775 to participate in the revolution. Yet during the war I was elected governor of Virginia for my excellent abilities.

I was never much of a public speaker (or fighter), but I did strongly believe in freedom for everyone. Continuing my belief, using words were my type of fighting for independence. In 1773, many colonists were going against Parliament's decision and I was one of them. We then made the Virginia Committee of Correspondence to fight against them. We kept fighting and fighting until the end.

I would write many things for the Continental Congress because they thought I was very intelligent for my young age. I’d write opinions on the colonists struggles and when a message about the Battle of Lexington and Concord arrived in Virginia, I wrote that a “frenzy of revenge seems to have seized all ranks of people.” A governor of Virginia called a meeting about that no more taxes would be forced to pay, colonists would make their own decision in what to do. I then responded saying the Continental Congress represented Virginia instead of the British Parliament representing Virginia. The Continental Congress then voted me as a delegate of the Second Continental Congress, which was very exciting.

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 *  1768 - I was elected to the House of Burgesses. I then rallied myself was a bigger group led by George Washington.


 *  July 1774 - I wrote //A Summary View of the Right British America //for the first Continental Congress.

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 * June 1, 1776 - In the middle of the war, I was elected governor of Virginia. For my intelligence.
 *  June 11,1776 - This day I wrote the Declaration of Independence with Ben Franklin and John Adams.