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Thomas Jefferson is one of the historical figure that I am going to research for " I am Project". Due to his popularity and achievements in his presidency, I chose him as my research topic, hoping to know more about him. The informations that I desired to learn from this research are his childhood, the causes that made him to be the third president of the U.S, family relations, his supporters, historical events that happened in his presidency. I know only few things about him ; his accomplishment on writing Declaration of Rights and being third president of United States. I think in order to find an answer for my curiosity about him, I have to us resources from online and some other written sources.

__**Biography research guide**__


 * Date of Birth : April 13, 1743
 * Where person was born: Albemarle County, Va
 * Family members : Mom ( Jane Randolph) and Pa (Peter Jefferson)s' third son from eight children
 * Early Childhood & Education :

Early Childhood: My research indicates that he was born in wealthy family, supporting with the fact that his father was "well-to-do landowner, although not in the class of the wealthiest planters". With his sufficient condition for living, he had a private tutor and swiftly learned reading and writing at the age of five. It also means of his intelligence on learning something. After five years passed, he went to the school, which was owned and taught by Reverend William Douglas. Moreover, one of my written secondary resources named, Life of Thomas Jefferson, cited that he always studies for fifteen hours about philosophy, architecture, and natural science. And one of his captivating characteristics was that though he used to like hunting like his peer from his generation, his love toward nature stopped his hobby and turns his activity mostly into studying. Anyhow, in 1758, he went to school under Reverend James Maury. He seemed to spend normal childhood, but the striking event, which was his father’s death, happened to him when he was 14. However, he continued his studying with such poor condition and ended his schooling at the age of 19 in College of William and Mary in Williamsburg with highest honor.
 * Adult Life (Jobs, Wife,or Children) :

Then he became a lawyer. And in 1775, he was selected as delegates of Continental Congress, instead of Payton Randolph, who once was one of the members of the Virginia House of Burgesses, representing Virginia at the Continental Congress Virginian state Burgess. One year later, he was chosen to be draft writer of the declaration of independence and that is the historical fact that support why President Jefferson was called as “main writer” of the Declaration of Independence. Afterward, he took a break at home because his wife and sons got sick. Once again, he was engaged in the government as a governor of Virginia on June of 1779, but he had continued the first term for only two years and gave it to Patrick Henry, who was once a military man, thinking that his position would be more suitable to general. He returned to Montevallo and worked on his farm and some of the political articles; it was called, Notes on the State of Virginia, which had never been completed.

Few years had passed and George Washington assigned him as a Minister Plenipotenimem for negotiating peace with Great Britain in November 1782. This was ceased because of commitment of Great British on keeping peace before he went to Philadelphia. Then, Jefferson was enrolled as a minister to France, which was succeeded by Benjamin Franklin, from 1785 to 1789. After his official trip to France, he worked George Washington’s first Secretary of State. During his enrollment as a Secretary of State, he struggled a lot with Hamilton, the first United States Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Father, economist, and political philosopher and John Adams, the (later) third president of U.S. It was because of their different plan on forming executive system of government. According to research, “Jefferson and many others were critical of the form it was taking under the first Federalist administration. Jefferson was sharply at odds with fellow cabinet members John Adams and Alexander Hamilton, both of whom he found to be too authoritarian and too quick to assume overwhelming power for the part of the executive. He resigned from the cabinet in 1793 and formed the Democrat-republican party.” In 1796, Jefferson was lost by John Adams and settled off as Vice president. Then after five years, he ended his governor life as president. (In 1801) For his family members part, he married to a widow named Martha Wayles Skelto and lived at Monticello, a moutaintop home and had six children ; Martha Jefferson Randolph, Jane Randolph, no name son, Mary Jefferson Eppes, Lucy Elizabeth, and another Lucy Elizabeth.
 * Important Events or Stories :
 * 1) __One of the interesting fact about him was that he only wrote political writings, not making any public speech and this was the reason why he was named as a “silent member” in the congress. This meant that he was capable on writing political written works. He started his eloquent political correspondent with the written work called, //A Summary View of the Rights of British America-// in 1774. It was prominent political written work that states citizens of thirteen colonies’ rights on Boston Tea Party and American Revolution with good reasoning against King of Great Britain. In addition, later this was used in Declaration of Rights.__
 * 2) He suffered depression after his wife's death in September, 1782 ; his wife died right after she bore her last son. And his eldest daughter cured him.
 * 3) Jefferson was the first president, who had a clear evidence about the relationship (in other word affair) with the slave
 * 4) His early political written work, //A Summary View of the Rights of British America,// seem to fail on transferring it to Congress for awhile because he was seriously illed, but surprisedly, it was published before he arrived at the Congress.
 * 5) He might be only vice president who did not well-communicate with the president because of the bad relationship
 * 6) A slave owner who stated the freedom for slave on Declaration of Rights.
 * 7) coherent in communication of five languages though he had stayed America for most his life
 * 8) wrote over sixteen thousand letters in his lifetime
 * 9) one of the most influential historical figure through out the history of U.S and as well as some part of Europe : The reason why he was prominent historical figure is that he was once a minister to French, peace negotiatar with Great Britain, and one of the people who caused American Revolution with good reasonings.
 * 10) lawyer, agronomist (the science of soil management and crop production), musician, scientist, philosopher, author, architect, inventor, and statesman ( a skilled political leader)
 * Why is this person remembered/known?

There are several historical facts for this question. First of all, he was the third president of United States. Secondly, he was the historical figure who setted up the aim for American Revolution, which was being an independent country and wrote most part of Declaration of Rights. Thirdly, he was the founding fathers,a political reader who agreed and sighned on the Declaration of Rights. My historical figure was hero because his achievements made the opening of today's one of the most powerful country in the world, which is U.S.
 * Most interesting thing : the underlined sentences with the numbers.
 * Was your person a hero or a celebrity?


 * Sources :
 * 1) http://www.biographyonline.net/thomas_jefferson/index.html
 * 2) http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/thomasjefferson/
 * 3) http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/signers/jefferson.htm

__**Historical Question**__ : Was Thomas more important to his country as a drafter of Declaration of Rights than as a president?


 * What information do you expect to find during your research?

I assume detailed information about his accomplishments and the reason why he is such a famous and prominent figure. Also, I expect myself to answer all of questions about Thomas Jefferson like his childhood, significancy as a governor, his governing style, and as well as the interesting fact about him.


 * What information resource(s) will you use first to find the answer to your question?

I will first use the historical resources that Mr.Hurst had recommended on the wikispaces like ABC clio.


 * List at least two primary resources that you used to research your question:
 * 1) http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeffsite.htm
 * 2) http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display.aspx?categoryid=35&entryid=254482&searchtext=thomas+jefferson&type=simple&option=all&searchsites=1,4,5,6,


 * List at least four secondary resources that you used to research your question:
 * 1) http://www.biographyonline.net/thomas_jefferson/achievements.html
 * 2) http://www.sparknotes.com/biography/jefferson/section9.rhtml
 * 3) http://www.wccusd.k12.ca.us/elcerrito/history/jeff&ham.htm
 * 4) http://americanhistory.about.com/od/thomasjefferson/p/pjefferson.htm

__**Primary Source**__


 * Photoes



A Picture of Founding Fouthers ( Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, James Madison...)




 * Quotes**

"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine. "

"Thomas Jefferson Quotes." //Brainy Quotes//. 2009. Brainy Media. Web.3 Jun 2009. .

 "We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a feather bed." "Thomas Jefferson Quotes." //Liberty Tree-Ca//. 2005. Liberty Tree-Ca. Web.3 Jun 2009. .

"Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government. "

" Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition. "

"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. "

" If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. "

"Thomas Jefferson Quotes." //Brainy Quotes//. 2009. Brainy Media. Web.3 Jun 2009. .


 * Video**

http://www.history.com/video.do?name=presidents&bcpid=1766638505&bclid=8696189001


 * A __letter__ to Congress in 1803, reporting about purchase on Louisiana by President Jefferson**

__**Secondary Sources**__

"DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: RIGHT TO INSTITUTE NEW GOVERNMENT." //Thomas Jefferson//. 2006. Library of Congress. Web.3 Jun 2009. . l Petingger, "Major Achievements of Thomas Jefferson." 2009. EzineArticles. Web.3 Jun 2009. .
 * about declaration of Independence
 * "men are created equal and have the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
 * indicates that Jefferson was proud of being one of the drafters of the declaration of Independence
 * Jefferson got helped on writing Declaration of Independence ; important because he was one who combined all of the important ideaes
 * denounce British monarch
 * disliked the slavery that British has used
 * "The Statute of Religious Freedom"
 * Louisianna Purchase
 * Renaissance men

[|Thomas Jefferson's Presidency.pdf]
 * bought Louisiana ; doubled the size of U.S
 * sent Lewis and Scagawa for explode on other part of land
 * lowered military spending

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media type="file" key="_I Am Thomas Jefferson by Minji Kim8F.mp3"

Mr.Hurst!
 * since Thomas Jefferson had done such lot of great works and his life time is extrvagantly important, my podcast is quiet long.....!!

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