THOMAS+JEFFERSON

=THOMAS JEFFERSON Author: Kayla H.=

====Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States. He was also the first President to be inaugurated in Washington D.C. Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13,1743 and died when he was 83 on July 4, 1826. He had five children and a wife, named Martha Wayles Skelton. Jefferson was one of the only Presidents to sign the Declaration of Independence. As with writing the Declaration of Independence he also wrote his own epitaph and had over 3,000 writings of his own. He invented things we use today too,such as a swivel chair and the lazy susan. ====  Some of the accomplishments that were done by Thomas Jefferson was that he was the first secretary of state and the second vice-president.He also purchased the Louisiana Territory also known as the Louisiana Purchase.He also took part in the Lewis and Clark Expedition by telling Lewis to start it.


 * =====“We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”=====
 * =====“I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.”=====
 * =====“Never spend your money before you have earned it.”=====
 * =====“Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government...”=====
 * =====“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”=====
 * =====“Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government...”=====
 * =====“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”=====
 * =====“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”=====
 * =====“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”=====

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 * 4. "Thomas Jefferson." //The White House//. Web. 4 Mar 2010. . ||

5."Thomas Jefferson." //Quotes Daddy//. 2008-2010. QuotesDaddy.com, Web. 7 Mar 2010. .