Born on April 13, 1743 to Peter Jefferson and Jane Randolph on their Shadwell Plantation in Albemarle County, Virginia, Thomas Jefferson was born into opportunity. ... Jefferson was a brilliant scholar and while he studied, he was surrounded by the colonial capital and was able to the ways in which the government operated. ... Jefferson made this statement, "I was the pen of the American Revolution, as George Washington was the sword." ... In 1801, Jefferson became the third president of the United States of America. ... He would hardly ever allow one of them to be whipped" state Captain...

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• Grade Level: High School

Thomas Jefferson: The Man, the Myth, and the Morality Slavery in America was created since the new world was first discovered. ... Discuss in details the origins and use of slave in America. ... Africans were the perfect choice of slave to farm in colonial American, because slavery had already existed in Africa. ... Women usually worked in the home, cooking and cleaning, whereas men were sent out into the plantations to farm. ... In colonial times, girls were married off between the age of 13 and 16 years old; it was not considered an abuse like it is today. ...

• Word Count: 1502
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Thomas Jefferson and his slaves children Slavery in America was created since the new world was first discovered. ... Discuss in details the origins and use of slave in America. ... Africans were the perfect choice of slave to farm in colonial American, because slavery had already existed in Africa. ... Women usually worked in the home, cooking and cleaning, whereas men were sent out into the plantations to farm. ... In colonial times, girls were married off between the age of 13 and 16 years old; it was not considered an abuse like it is today. ...

• Word Count: 1499
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Men Behind the Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America was singed by the second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4th, 1776. ... Each of these three men were founding fathers of the United States of America and instrumental in its creation. Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 on the Shadwell plantation just outside of Charlottesville, Virginia. ... The Miller Center (n.d.) states that in 1774 Jefferson wrote "Summary View of the Rights of British America". ... The Miller Center...

• Word Count: 1651
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• Grade Level: High School