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Thomas Jefferson was the principle author of the Declaration of Independence and thus made him one of the founding fathers of the United States

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What document did Thomas Jefferson write and how old was he when he wrote it?

and 1775 he wrote the document


What important document did thomas Jefferson write from Virginia?

Thomas Jefferson was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.


What document did Thomas Jefferson write?

delcaration of independence


Who convinced them to toss it and write a new document?

George Washington and thomas jefferson


Which document did thomas Jefferson write at the direction of the second contineltal congress?

the declaration of independence


Who was selected to write the declaration of the independence?

Thomas Jefferson was chosen to write the Declaration Of Independence


Who was asked to write the declaration of independence before Thomas Jefferson?

The Continental Congress appointed the Committee of Five - composed of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, & Robert Livingston - to draft the Declaration of Independence. The committee, after discussing the general outline that the document should follow, decided that Jefferson would write the first draft. It may have been John Adams who suggested that Jefferson be the one to write the first draft. After completing the first draft, the committee read, discussed and revised the document before Jefferson prepared a new draft to be submitted to the entire congress. The entire congress then discussed, debated, and made a few changes to that draft to produce the version that is now famous.


Which delegate was chosen to write the declaration of independence?

Thomas Jefferson


Who used ideas from john Locke to write the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson Answer mine? What did John Locke write that Thomas Jefferson used in writing the declaration of independence


Did Thomas Jefferson wright the first draft of the Articles of Confederation?

No Thomas Jefferson did not write the paper.


Did Thomas Jefferson write the Second Amendment?

No, he did not. Jefferson did write a similar, shorter version for the Virginia Constitution in 1776, but James Madison included the right of citizens to bear arms in his list of 12 proposed amendments, ten of which were adopted as our Bills of Rights. Jefferson, who had no direct involvement in writing the Constitution, addressed the importance of a Bill of Rights, eventually convincing a reluctant Madison, and he repeatedly mentioned freedom of religion, freedom of the press, the right of habeas corpus, not keeping a standing army, and no monopolies, but he himself never mentioned the right to bear arms, as he evidently didn't consider it of great enough importance.


Why did Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Indepedence?

he had to he had to