... in his partly constructed home, Monticello. As the uprising of the American Revolution broke, Jefferson was a leading lawyer, successful planter, lover of books, science, and music, a devoted husband and father and at the time a loyal subject of the king. For the next three years as a legislative member Jefferson saw the intolerable acts of the British Empire against the colonies. Therefore by 1775 ... Martha died and he retired giving up all notion of holding office again. After a year of retirement and writing the "Notes on the State of Virginia" he rejoined office as apart of Congres...

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