Essay - Thomas Jefferson Background and Description Thomas Jefferson is Considered One...

THOMAS JEFFERSON

Background and Description

Thomas Jefferson is considered one of the most important political actors in the h*****tory of the United States, not only because he was President, but also ***** his great accomplishments before, during ***** after his presidential mandates. Jefferson is also considered the main author of the Declaration ***** Independence (1776) and ***** of the main promoters ***** democracy and human rights at the beginning of ***** nineteen century.

He ***** born in Albemarle County, Virginia, in 1743, in a rather rich and high-class family. H***** education provided the necessary environment for a multilateral personal and academic development, later on becoming an experienced and recognized architect, archeologist, author and inventor. As a young student, he became more and more interested in the political affairs, ***** especially in what regards the relati***** with ***** British Crown. One of his first writings was A Summary View of the Rights of ***** *****merica, advocating ***** solutions for a settlement ***** Britain (Biography Online, n.d.).

***** "freckled and s*****y-haired (...) Jefferson was eloquent as a correspondent, ***** he w***** no public speaker" (The White House, 2008) Considered ***** ***** author of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson ***** on ***** most influential political figures of at the end ***** the eighteen century. He became Vice-president in 1796, after loosing in fr*****t of John Adams, and 4 years later President of the ***** States until 1809.

Major accomplishments ***** failures

During the time he was a Delegate of ***** to the Second Continental Congress, Jefferson, as stated above, drafted the American Declaration of Independence, under ***** influence of several ***** thinkers or politicians ***** the time, like Jonathan Locke, Thomas Paine, Ge*****ge Mason (***** of the Virginia ***** of *****) or James Madison. His draft passed, with 26 additional changes ***** it, making Jefferson ***** main author of the Declaration (Eicholz, 2001). ***** ***** is there*****e ***** the father ***** the Declaration, t***** being considered one of his greatest achievements, although he was not in power at that time. This, alongside w*****h ot*****r successes to come will create a leader based ***** necessarily on charisma, but on providing results and leading the way.

Being the visionary man ***** he was, and having the tools to extend his ideas into reality, Jefferson sought for a policy of exp*****nding the United States territory to create not only a l*****rger country, but a larger nation. He successfully launched two initiatives. The first *****, in 1803, was the purchase of Louisiana from ***** France, and the second one, was the Lewis and Clark expedition *****wards the Pacific Ocean, in 1803 as well. One should not be considered of a lesser importance than the other. By buying Louisiana, Jefferson succeeded to double the surface of the country, exp*****ing it with an import*****t part, economically, strategically and politically. The Louisiana Purchase came about after a complex decision-making process within the ***** Presidential Administration. Alexander Hamil*****n's negative position towards the purchase of ***** came from his ********** that good