Thomas Jefferson was an astonishing person who had an amazing impact on the government. From his primary authorship of the Declaration of Independence, advocacy of religious freedom and tolerance in Virginia, and his oversight of the Louisiana Purchase. But with his many great accomplishments he had to overcome a lot of difficulties in his upbringings also. This essay will talk about the life he lived and his upbringing to be the man he was. Jefferson lived in a prosperous family in Shadwell Virginia. Peter Jefferson, his father was the owner of his own land and also a slave owner. He was the third child out of ten children. After the death of his father he inherited a lot of land including Monticello. Jefferson was very interested in school and would spend many hours studying and reading. He had high interest in philosophy, natural sciences and also in architecture. He continued to his studies and later attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg. He later graduated and became a lawyer. …show more content…
Due to the American Revolution Jefferson was forced to abandon his practice which later made him turn his legal skills to the rebel cause. Jefferson's public career began in 1769, when he served as a representative in the Virginia House of Burgesses, the nation's first elected body of government. About this time, he began building Monticello.
Jefferson was an effective spokesmen during the American Revolution. His political thought would later become the centerpiece of liberalism. Jefferson’s most important contribution to the revolutionary debate “A Summary View of the Rights of British America”. His argument was that Americans had possessed the same natural rights to govern themselves as their ancestors had exercised when they moved to England and Germany. In challenging the British Empire, Americans like Jefferson came to recognize their claims to an independent