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1、ThomasJefferson,aBriefBiographyBornApril13,1743,atShadwell,Virginia;diedJuly4,1826,MonticelloThomasJefferson--authoroftheDeclarationofIndependenceandtheStatuteofVirginiaforReligiousFreedom,thirdpresidentoftheUnitedStates,andfounderoftheUniversityofVirginia--voicedtheaspirationsofanewAme
2、ricaasnootherindividualofhisera.Asapublicofficial,historian,philosopher,andplantationowner,heservedhiscountryforoverfivedecades.MajordeedsJeffersonwasborninAlbemarleCounty,VirginiaonApr.13,1743.Jeffersonattended(1760-1762)theCollegeofWilliamandmaryIn1769heserviceasarepresentativeintheVi
3、rginiaHouseofBurgesses.HerepresentedVirginiaintheSecondContinentalCongressin1775.Thefollowingyear,hedraftedtheDeclarationofIndependencewithJohnAdams,BenjaminFranklin,RogerSherman,andRobertR.Livingston.AgainintheVirginialegislature,introducedanumberofbillsfortheestablishmentofreligiousFr
4、eedom.InJune1779,JeffersonwaselectedgovernorofVirginia.In1785hebecameministertoFrance.AsthefirstsecretaryofstateinWashington’scabinet.Jeffersonbecamevice-presidentin1796.Hebecamepresidentin1800.Inthefinal?17?years?of?hislife,Jefferson’smajor?accomplishment?was?thefounding(1819)of?the?Un
5、iversity?ofVirginia.OnJuly4,1826,the50thanniversaryoftheDeclarationofIndependence,JeffersondiedatMonticello.HisachievementThomasJeffersonwasthethirdPresidentoftheUnitedStates.ThomasJeffersonwas"authoroftheDeclarationofAmericanIndependence,oftheStatuteofVirginiaforreligiousfreedom.andFat
6、heroftheUniversityofVirginia.DuringhispresidencyincludetheLouisianaPurchase(1803)andtheLewisandClarkExpedition(1804–1806).Asapoliticalphilosopher,JeffersonwasamanoftheEnlightenment,thecofounderandleaderoftheDemocratic-RepublicanParty,whichdominatedAmericanpoliticsfor25years.Apolymath博學(xué)者
7、,Jeffersonachieveddistinctionas,amongotherthings,ahorticulturist,politicalleader,architect,archaeologist考古學(xué)家,paleontologist古生物學(xué),inventor,andsoon.ThepictureaboutJeffersonWrenBuilding(rear),CollegeofWilliam&MarywhereJeffersonstudiedHouseofBurgessesinWilliamsburg,Virginia,whereJef
