Description An architect, statesman, farmer, and inventor, Thomas Jefferson had few equals among this nation\'s founders.
His talents made him the perfect candidate to write the Declaration of Independence, which set t.
Elected to the Virginia Assembly in 1769, Jefferson became an eloquent critic of the colonial policies of Great Britain and King George III.
Left fatherless at a young age, he was a hardworking scholar who came into his own as a lawyer, landowner, and county leader.
Description An architect, statesman, farmer, and inventor, Thomas Jefferson had few equals among this nation\'s founders