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“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it”

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As long as you work hard, luck will always be on your side

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When the people fear their government, there is tyranny. When the government fears their people, there is liberty.

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In the election of 1796, Thomas Jefferson ran for president but lost to the federalist John Adams and became Vice President.

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Jefferson became president on March 1st, 1801 after he won the election.

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He wrote the Declaration of Independence

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He wrote the Declaration of Independence

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Jefferson helped in the Declaration of Independence and became one of the founding fathers.

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Jefferson represented Virginia in the continental congress.

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Jefferson represented Virginia in the continental congress.

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Jefferson represented Virginia in the continental congress that adopted the Declaration of Independence.

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He was governor for Virginia during the American Revolutionary war from 1779 to 1781.

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He was born on April 13th, 1743.

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His father died in 1757.

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Began to study law in 1762.

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Jefferson was elected to House of Burgesses in 1768

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His daughter Maria was born in 1778

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The government shouldn’t have the power to frighten the people.

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One of his greatest inventions was a revolving book stand

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Jefferson created many inventions. But this is probably one of his least important ones as it solves “Rich People Problems”

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A wheel cipher or Jefferson’s disk, is a wheel that has the 26 alphabet letters written around it.

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No. He did not create the polygraph test if that’s what your thinking. It’s an invention that helps you copy letters.

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Jefferson was Vice President, President, and represented Virginia, but the greatest thing he has probably ever done was create the macaroni machine

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Monticello is located in South- Central Virginia. It is the house of Thomas Jefferson.

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The plantation was originally 5,000 acres, with Jefferson using slaves for extensive cultivation of tobacco and mixed crops, later shifting from tobacco cultivation to wheat in response to changing markets.

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He owned 100 slaves in that home. The slave quarters were log and had dirt flooring.

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There are a total of forty-three rooms in the entire structure: thirty-three in the house itself (cellar, twelve; first floor, eleven; second floor, six; third floor, four); four in the pavilions; and six under the South Terrace. The stable and carriage bays under the North Terrace are not included in these totals. The first design of Monticello had fourteen rooms total (cellar, six; first floor, five; second floor, three).