Writer of the Declaration of Independence “and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia -- voiced the aspirations of a new America as no other individual of his era. As a public official, historian, philosopher, and plantation owner, he served his country for over five decades” (“Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello” par. 1). Thomas Jefferson, the man that is remember for so many thing only wanted to be remembered for three of his achievements: “drafting the Declaration of Independence, writing and supporting the Virginia Statute of Religious freedom, and the founding the University of Virginia” (Baym pp. 337). Jefferson’s father was a very successful planter as
