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  2. Thomas Jefferson - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Jefferson was a philhellene, lover of Greek culture, who sympathized with the Greek War of Independence. [270] [271] He has been described as the most influential of the Founding Fathers who supported the Greek cause, [271] [272] viewing it as similar to the American Revolution. [273]

  3. Early life and career of Thomas Jefferson - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, was involved in politics from his early adult years.This article covers his early life and career, through his writing the Declaration of Independence, participation in the American Revolutionary War, serving as governor of Virginia, and election and service as Vice President to President John Adams.

  4. Historical reputation of Thomas Jefferson - Wikipedia

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    In the 1930s, Jefferson was held in higher esteem; President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945) and New Deal Democrats celebrated his struggles for "the common man" and reclaimed him as their party's founder. Jefferson became a symbol of American democracy in the incipient Cold War, and the 1940s and 1950s saw the zenith of his popular reputation.

  5. Founding Fathers of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Jefferson, a key Founding Father, was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, which Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Joseph Ellis says contains "the most potent and consequential words in American history". [6] Historian Richard Morris' selection of seven key founders was widely accepted through the 20th century.

  6. Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms

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    The Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms was a Resolution adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 6, 1775. Written by Thomas Jefferson and revised by John Dickinson, [1] the Declaration explains why the Thirteen Colonies had taken up arms in what had become the American Revolutionary War.

  7. 10 facts about Thomas Jefferson for his birthday - AOL

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    On the occasion of Thomas Jefferson's birthday, we have 10 interesting facts about the versatile Founding Father.

  8. Spirit of '76 (sentiment) - Wikipedia

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    Painting of Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale (1805) Thomas Jewett wrote that at the time of the American Revolution, there was "an intangible something that is known as the 'Spirit of '76.' This spirit was personified by the beliefs and actions of that almost mythical group known as the Founding Fathers, and is perhaps best exemplified by ...

  9. Jefferson Memorial - Wikipedia

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    Jefferson Memorial's exterior Jefferson Memorial's interior. The Jefferson Memorial is a national memorial in Washington, D.C., built in honor of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence, a central intellectual force behind the American Revolution, a founder of the Democratic-Republican Party, and the nation's third president.

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