Thomas Jefferson

I believe that Thomas Jefferson did the most of defining America as we know it today. He accomplished so many things during his lifetime which influenced our country to much extent. He achieved a lot in his eighty-three years of life. In these years Thomas Jefferson was a member of Congress, a member of Virginia House of Burgesses, Governor of Virginia, Minister of France, First Secretary of State, Vice President, and President of the United States. Jefferson also managed to be a remarkable architect as well as a lawyer and a farmer. He was an incredibly intelligent man and had several inventions in his busy life. He is also well known for his later years of his life that were spent in retirement at Monticello, during which period he founded, designed, and directed the building of the University of Virginia. Jefferson’s greatest accomplishment and what makes him the most known for defining America as we know it is his writing of the Declaration of Independence. This was a statement which announced that the thirteen American colonies were now independent states and no longer apart of the British Empire. He accomplished this when he was only thirty-three years old. Thomas Jefferson was a remarkably smart man who should and will be recognized for his deeds to America.