Jefferson was born at Shadwell in what is now Albemarle County, Va., on Apr. 13, 1743.H
is mother, Jane Randolph Jefferson, came from one of the first families of Virginia and his father, Peter Jefferson was an hard working avarage man. Elected to the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, Jefferson was appointed on June 11, 1776, to head a committee of five in preparing the Declaration of independence. He was its primary author, although his initial draft was amended after consultation with Benjamin Franklin and John Adams and altered both stylistically and substantively by Congress. Jefferson's reference to the voluntary allegiance of colonists to the crown was struck; also deleted was a clause that censured the monarchy for imposing slavery in America.
When James Madison became president British wre furious with America Over half of the United States wanted to go to war. Madison didn't have much of a choice he was the first president ask for a Declaration of war from congress this started the warof 1812.
Jefferson was born at Shadwell in what is now Albemarle County, Va., on Apr. 13, 1743.H
is mother, Jane Randolph Jefferson, came from one of the first families of Virginia and his father, Peter Jefferson was an hard working avarage man. Elected to the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, Jefferson was appointed on June 11, 1776, to head a committee of five in preparing the Declaration of independence. He was its primary author, although his initial draft was amended after consultation with Benjamin Franklin and John Adams and altered both stylistically and substantively by Congress. Jefferson's reference to the voluntary allegiance of colonists to the crown was struck; also deleted was a clause that censured the monarchy for imposing slavery in America.
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James Madison
When James Madison became president British wre furious with America Over half of the United States wanted to go to war. Madison didn't have much of a choice he was the first president ask for a Declaration of war from congress this started the warof 1812.