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Show Thomas Jefferson was a brilliant man contributed gready to our country. Our country owes him a lot He got us where we are today. He created our independence. He was truly a brilliant man. i t t - - -WtN-L.-TJ.r ' i W By KARA ANDERSON Students from Mueller Park Junior School's Autonomous Learner Class submitted sub-mitted several articles on famous people as a project under the supervision of teacher Jonna Merrill. Thomas Jefferson was a brilliant man. There are many facts to support sup-port this statement He wrote the Declaration of Independence. He was a very fine architect. He was also one of the country's best presidents. presi-dents. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence at the age of 33. It took him only 17 days to write it The Declaration of Independence In-dependence is considered one of our country's cornerstones. The words did not come easily for the young delegate, but he continued writing. When it was finished and passed, one can only imagine his joy. In addition, he was a fine architect archi-tect He designed his house, the Monticello. He watched them build tne Monticello every day to make sure they were doing it right One day while he was watching the workers, he told his son they weren't making the bricks right The next day he actually went down to the site and showed them how to make the bricks. He not only designed the buildings, but he also took great care to make sure it was built properly. He was also considered one of our country's best presidents. He passed many important bills and laws. He made large payments on the Louisiana purchase. What was known as the Louisiana Territory now makes up a large portion of America. It stretched from the Rockies to the Mississippi River. He also adopted the twelfth amendment. The twelfth amendment amend-ment had to do with the Electoral College, It basically states that if no presidential candidate gets a majority of votes, the House of Representatives votes from the top three candidates. As a president he . v " " -& f . 1 L I KARA ANDERSON |