Thomas Jefferson was born on april 13, 1743 . Thomas Jefferson was a founding father of the united states he was also the author of the american constitution on 1776. At the start of the revolution Thomas Jefferson was a representative of virginia for the continental congress. A short time after he was a wartime governer for virginia during the american revolutionary war. Jefferson was also the first Secretary of state ever for the United states while George Washington was president. IN 1785 Jefferson became minister of the u.s to france a while after the revolutionary war had ended.
While Jefferson was vice president during John Adams presidency he secretly wrote the kentucky and Virginia resolutions. Thomas Jefferson had also created the Democratic-republican party while he was part of george washingtons cabinet which he later resigned. Jefferson then became president in 1801 in which he called the timeperiod the revolution of 1800.
Thomas Jefferson had cut back the army and navy to such a pitiful level that the British could have ignored any U.S threats. Thomas Jefferson was also responsible for the Embargo act of 1807 in which caused many Americans to become unemployed and stopped the British from trading with the colonist.
