Thomas Jefferson: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

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The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, Aug 15, 2004 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 112 pages
As a lawyer, Thomas Jefferson was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses and sent to the Second Continental Congress. He supported America's independence from Britain. Though he drafted America's egalitarian Declaration of Independence, Jefferson maintained his Monticello plantation with slave labor. As the nation's first secretary of state and third president he advocated the rights of individuals. During his presidency, the $15 million purchase of the Louisiana Territory doubled the size of America's landholdings.
 

Contents

Life on the Virginia Frontier
5
Burgess and Patriot
23
Laws for the Commonwealth of Virginia
37
An American in Paris
50
Vice President and President
67
Louisiana for a Song
81
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