Thomas JeffersonEssay Preview: Thomas JeffersonReport this essayThomas Jefferson was the head of a committee of five in preparing the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson was born at Shadwell in what is now Albemarle County, VA., on April 13, 1743. Thomas Jefferson attended the college of William and Mary (1760-1762) and then studied law with George WYTHE. In 1769 he began 6 years of services as a representative in the Virginia House of Burgesses. The first of the 4th year of his term he married Martha Wayles Skelton (Jan. 1, 1772). They had 6 children, two of whom survived into adulthood. Thomas Jefferson was 33 years old when he wrote the Declaration of Independence and signed it. He represented the state of Virginia at the time of the Declaration of Independence.
The first few paragraphs of the Declaration are below:
The first three words of the Declaration of Independence read, “We the PEOPLE of the United States of America, declaring the will and power of the Almighty GOD, our SUPREME Protector, our Saviour and our Venerable & Indulgent Protector, declare that every Man, woman, and child in this State shall own and possess the exclusive Religion, Seal of the United States of America, an undivided and unspoiled Body politic, a religious sect; an ecclesiastic, a learned Magisterium, an unincorporated clergy; a true religious, religious, and voluntary People, of a free People, with one God, one religion of a pure and perfect union, with no religion of sect. We the PEOPLE of the United States of America, pledge our thanks unto GOD, our SUPREME Protector, our Saviour and our Venerable & Indulgent Protector, to the Almighty GOD, our Lord, Jesus Christ, for the Blessings of our people and our country. We express our love unto GOD, our Lord Jesus Christ, as our holy fathers have since the beginning. We affirm in our hearts the unspoiled Body politic of the American people, not excluding, and in our hearts declare ourselves to be bound by that holy Name of God and to acknowledge and adore as his Saviour Jesus Christ our firstborn Son by the blood of Jesus Christ the Baptist of Nazareth. And we, thus, humbly, humbly and humbly reaffirm our Christian pledge in our hearts that our religion belongs to the People and is therefore a right Religion of the PEOPLE of the United States of America, and that by this religion the name of Jesus Christ shall be recognized and proclaimed in every state and people. We declare that religion in all its splendor shall remain a Religion, and that the People shall know it, and in their Religion no Religion. And we, our nation, declare in our hearts, our sacred and universal oaths and promises, that we intend to uphold these promises, and of God the Father for our children and in their families. This Declaration of Independence, and all laws, conventions, ordinances, and orders, and in all controversies and disputes befitting the time, be it enacted by the People of this State, and by ordinance heretofore passed, and by an empowered legislative body, be it enacted by the People of this State. The President shall have power, at his pleasure, to make treaties with the States of the union hereafter put together, which shall constitute the lifeblood of the United States of America, and of all the colonies and foreign states. The President shall nominate and fill, by a simple majority, two persons, to his Excellency the Superior Court or Circuit Court, and by the majority of the Legislature of the State wherein he is presiding, the Judicial and Taxation Courts, under the direction and supervision of the People of this State, and under the authority and direction
Thomas Jefferson Signed and wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He first signed the Declaration of Independence because he wrote it. He was one of 5 people who wrote the Declaration of Independence. After it was partially wrote he made a draft of it. It would be observed, fixed them and then Thomas Jefferson wrote a full copy to be printed. Thomas Jefferson also signed the Declaration of Independence because he believed in this declaration. Back in 1774 he wrote a Political Pamphlet called “A Summary View of the Rights of British America.” This pamphlet Argues on the basis of natural rights theory. Thomas Jefferson claims that colonial allegiance to the king was voluntary. From Thomas Jeffersons words “The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.” Another reason why Thomas Jefferson might have signed the Declaration of Independence is to bring himself up in the world, in that to president and a bigger political person. Back in 1768 he was elected to the House of Burgesses, in 1774 he wrote the political pamphlet, in 1775 he was elected to continental Congress; in 1776 he wrote the Declaration of Independence and signed it. Then from there on out it was nothing but up hill like in 1797-1801 he was vice president and the president in 1801 to 1809.
Thomas Jefferson did not have very many bad consequences after signing the Declaration of Independence. His life went from being an ok well known to a greatly well known/political person. He served as the governor of Virginia in 1779 to 1781. Then he was vice president and then president of America. His political life exploded after signing the Declaration of Independence. He also was Commissioner and Minister of France. He also opened the University of Virginia one year before his death on July 4, 1826. It was the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence when he died at Monticello. Monticello was his house that lay on the 1,000 acre land given to him from his father