The book starts out telling us about Thomas Jefferson?s dealings in the Continental Congress and the part he had in the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence is still a big part of our history for today?s standings and we still abide by all the Bill of Rights that was written a time after the Declaration of Independence.

Thomas Jefferson was the Governor of Virginia from 1779 to 1781 at which he served a two-year term. He was later elected into Congress in 1783. He also took over Benjamin Franklin?s place and was named the United States Minister for France. Although he was not a big fan of the French and the monarch system of government but he managed to deal with it. When he went to France he gladly took his daughters with him and got to know a little more about the French culture.

Thomas Jefferson had a great presidency and accomplished a lot of things during his term. He reduced the amount of taxes that had to be paid and he eliminated a lot of federal offices that he felt had no purpose to him or anyone else. His biggest accomplishment was he doubled the United States of America with the Louisiana Purchase at which we still hear and know about today!

I must say I am not a big history buff, but this is one of the best books I have read that deals with history. This book is also the first I have read on Thomas Jefferson. I have done reports on other presidents but never on him. This book did win the National Books Critics Circle Award in 1997. I?m more of the murder/mystery type of book reader but this book would really appeal to someone who loves reading about history and wants to learn unknown facts about Thomas Jefferson. I must say, I am glad that I chose this book to read! I hope the next one that I pick is as interesting as this one.

He served two, four year terms as President of the United States. After his eight years of being President and living in the White House he returned to his love, his farm. He spent the rest of his life in Monticello. During this time he continued to farm, he educated the public, and he wrote letters to people and started a type of diary of his life. He also founded the University of Virginia and was known as a secular school. At the time of universities and colleges back then they were all based on religious groups and practices. Jefferson felt that these schools based on religious factors were very unfair and sho

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