Founding Fathers and Mothers
Jefferson was one of the founding and most passionate supporters of the route of United States independence from Britain. In 1968 he was erected; he was voted to the ‘Virginia House of Bourges’ and united with other radicals led by George Washington and Patrick Henry. In 1974 he wrote his first political publication, ‘Rights of America,’ which started his reputation as one of the most persuasive supporters of the American cause. A year later, he was part of the ‘Continental Congress’ which formed the ‘Continental Army’ and chose him to write the declaration’s initial draft. He was also a member of ‘Virginia House of Delegates, where he revised laws like scraping the doctrine if entail (McDonald 2019).
Jefferson, with his friend, started formed ‘Democratic and Republican parties. He was later voted as vice president when he penned the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions. When Jefferson was voted as president, he ordered the purchase of Louisiana. He was a leader of education, used five languages, and had knowledge and interest in architecture, religion, philosophy, and science. These qualities enabled him to form the University of Virginia when he was no longer in office. He was against slavery; in 1807, he signed the end of importing slaves in America. Thomas Jefferson, together with other rebels, politicians, military leaders, and writers, differed in status personality, and background, but all played a hand in founding a new country and forging out the design for the young democracy. The founding fathers joined together 13 several protectorates, fought for freedom from Britain, and wrote a series of critical governing documents that drive the country to this day (Valsania 2017).
Founding mothers played an important role as well by involving herself in politics, unlike Martha Washington. It gives her critics like Albert Gallatin, a Republican critic of her husband. She oversaw first family relocation to the new president’s residential house in Washington, D.C, and opened it in 1801, which is known to this day as the White House (Abrams 2019).
Reference
Valsania, M. (2017). Jefferson’s Body: A Corporeal Biography. University of Virginia Press.
Abrams, J. E. (2019). First Ladies of the Republic: Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and the Creation of an Iconic American Role. NYU Press.
McDonald, R. M. (Ed.). (2019). Thomas Jefferson’s Lives: Biographers and the Battle for History. University of Virginia Press.