Possibly no other man has influenced the institutions of
government in the United States as much as Thomas Jefferson. He was the author
of the American Declaration of Independence, supporter of the Bill of Rights,
founder of one of the two major political parties through which the people of
United States govern themselves, and the third President of the United
States. What kind of a man was Thomas Jefferson He was born in
Shadwell, which is now Albemarle Country, Virginia, on April 13, 1743, into the
class of people which, throughout his life, he denied had any right to rule over
the lives and minds of other men. His father, Peter Jefferson, was a successful
planter who bore an honored name in the community, and his mother belonged to
the aristocratic Randlphs, one of the oldest families in Virginia.
Jefferson graduated from William and Mary College in Virginia in 1762,
chose law as his profession, and he became extremely successful. Topic: life
story of (46) . He was born in the state of (47)
He graduated from (48) College in
Virginia. He was considered a great man because: He was the (49)
of the United States. He founded one of the two (50)
through which American people govern themselves.