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Thomas Jefferson







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Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 in Shadwell, Virginia. He is an American founding father and one of the four men who signed the deceleration of independence. He was the second vice president along side John Adams, and then became the third president after him. He was president for 8 years (two terms). One of Jefferson's biggest failures would be the fight against slavery. He tried to convince to the people that blacks were just like whites and that they had the same human rights. This was a failure because slavery ended up long after Jefferson left office. One of his big successes would be writing the Deceleration of Independence. It basically said that they were going to break of as their own 13 different colonies away from Great Britain. His biggest scandal is his intimate relationship with Sally Hemings. After he became a widower, he had six children with Hemings. He then died July 4, 1826. No one really knew his death but historians guess from old age since he lived to be 82. Works Cited Blog. //Political Economy//. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. . "Thomas Jefferson." //Land of the Brave//. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. . "Thomas Jefferson." //Wikipedia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. . UNCG. //uncg special blogspot//. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. .