Thomas Jefferson wasn’t just the writer of the Declaration of Independence, he was a lawyer, a delegate for the House of Burgesses, and was a governor in Virginia, but he was his best as a writer. In the mid-1700, the American colonies were on the verge of a revolutionary war with Britain. Many colonists had already had that thought of a revolution, so all they would need was a push to fight for their Independence. Then, in 1776, Thomas Jefferson and other committee members presented the Declaration…
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