Thomas Jefferson, America's third president, has had a large influence on our countries freedom from Great Britain. He was a man who joined to fight the cause and rebel because of his belief to do the right thing. Thomas Jefferson's unique intelligence-led our country to success by composing the Declaration of Independence. Now our country looks back in history and gives thanks for his willingness to fight and rebel against the force of Britain.
             Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, at Shadwell, which is currently Albemarle County Virginia. His mother Jane belonged to one of the first families to reside in Virginia. His father Peter was a mediocre landowner, although not the wealthiest of the planters. Later on in his life, Thomas Jefferson studied law at the College of William and Mary. He started off by dedicating 6 years of service as a representative in the Virginia House of Burgess. Jefferson went upon the Second Continental Congress in June 1775. He was asked by Congress to construct a summary of his views. The Continental Congress was not democratically elected. A large number of the delegates were appointed by special provincial conventions created by the revolutionary movement. The Congress met the next year well within the occurrence of the Revolutionary War underway. Jefferson was asked to develop a declaration after Richard Henry Lee requested for the colonies to end its allegiance with Great Britain. On June 11, 1776, Thomas Jefferson was appointed by the Second Continental Congress to head a committee of five men to prepare to the Declaration of Independence. The committee consisted of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert R. Livingston, and Jefferson himself. The other members of the committee assigned him to the task of producing the document. He had become the primary author of this treasonous document. The Congress went through some major editing by deleting a quarter of what Jefferson wrote and add...