The Greatest Accomplishments In Thomas Jefferson's Life

Thomas Jefferson was a great man who has had so many accomplishments in his lifetime and so many skills that don’t get any attention. There’s much more to Thomas Jefferson than most people don’t actually know though and several things that people are told that aren’t actually true. Throughout Thomas Jefferson’s life there were several very important dates to remember. The first was his birthdate which is was April 13th of 1743. Only nineteen years later he finished up his education at the College of William and Mary in 1762. Five years later he began reading law and was admitted to the Virginia bar. For six years from 1769 to 1775 Jefferson served in the Virginia House of Burgesses. During the 1770’s he accomplished several things including: …show more content…
There’s more to Jefferson than just his accomplishments, though, one of the most interesting things about him was his personality. Since he was raised by both a wealthy aristocrat and a modest farmer he became a man of many paradoxes. For instance, he was considered an urban intellectual but didn’t like cities, he was an aristocrat who protested against privilege, he craved friendship but was a very private man, and lastly he was a slave owner who preached about equality. Really Jefferson was just a quiet, hardworking, intelligent, renaissance man. He managed to help change the nation but couldn’t give his own inauguration speech. He was a well-respected man because although he was considered an aristocrat, he knew that you have to work for what you want and nothing should just be handed to you. He was even an anti-federalist which meant he didn’t believe that the government should have too much power. Most people that were anti-federalists were farmers; they weren’t very often wealthy aristocrats like Jefferson. He was also the first president that was an anti-federalist and the change of party was expected to cause some chaos but everything transitioned