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    American literature began as an extension of English literature as the United States started as British colonies along the eastern coast. However, American literature has since developed a unique identity and tradition of its own due to the distinctive characteristics of American culture and breadth of literary works produced in the US. Thomas Jefferson was a founding father of the United States who played a pivotal role in American independence and shaping the nation. After studying law, he became a prominent advocate for independence and helped draft the Declaration of Independence. He later served as the first Secretary of State and third President of the United States, overseeing the Louisiana Purchase during his presidency. Jefferson was a highly intelligent and learned statesman who amassed an impressive library and founded the University of Virginia

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    American literature began as an extension of English literature as the United States started as British colonies along the eastern coast. However, American literature has since developed a unique identity and tradition of its own due to the distinctive characteristics of American culture and breadth of literary works produced in the US. Thomas Jefferson was a founding father of the United States who played a pivotal role in American independence and shaping the nation. After studying law, he became a prominent advocate for independence and helped draft the Declaration of Independence. He later served as the first Secretary of State and third President of the United States, overseeing the Louisiana Purchase during his presidency. Jefferson was a highly intelligent and learned statesman who amassed an impressive library and founded the University of Virginia

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    Thomas Jefferson: American Literature Is The Literature Written or Produced in The

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    American literature began as an extension of English literature as the United States started as British colonies along the eastern coast. However, American literature has since developed a unique identity and tradition of its own due to the distinctive characteristics of American culture and breadth of literary works produced in the US. Thomas Jefferson was a founding father of the United States who played a pivotal role in American independence and shaping the nation. After studying law, he became a prominent advocate for independence and helped draft the Declaration of Independence. He later served as the first Secretary of State and third President of the United States, overseeing the Louisiana Purchase during his presidency. Jefferson was a highly intelligent and learned statesman who amassed an impressive library and founded the University of Virginia

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    American literature is the literature written or produced in the

    area of the United States and its preceding colonies. For more specifc
    discussions of poetry and theater, see Poetry of the United
    States and Theater in the United States. During its early history,
    America was a series of British colonies on the eastern coast of the
    presentday United States. Therefore, its literary tradition !egins as
    lin"ed to the !roader tradition of #nglish literature. $owe%er, uni&ue
    American characteristics and the !readth of its production usually now
    cause it to !e considered a separate path and tradition.
    Thomas Jeferson
    After studies at 'illiam and (ary )ollege, *e+erson read law and
    !ecame a planter and lawyer, from -./0 he was a mem!er of the
    1irginia $ouse of Burgesses.
    2n -..3 his 4Summary 1iew of the 5ights of British America4 made him
    famous as an early ad%ocate of American independence. A delegate to
    the )ontinental )ongress, he was appointed to the committee to draft
    the Declaration of 2ndependence, and !ecame its principal author.
    After ser%ing as go%ernor of 1irginia 6-..07-8, he was a
    delegate to the )ongress 6-.797:8, where he drafted territorial
    pro%isions that were included in the ;orthwest <rdinances. 2n -.7: he
    was appointed U.S. minister to France. 2n -.0= >eorge 'ashington
    appointed him the frst U.S. secretary of state, he resigned in -.09
    o%er con?ict with Ale@ander $amilton. $is wideranging Notes on the
    State of Virginia 6-.738 enhanced his already high intellectual
    reputation and e@tended it into the felds of science and general
    scholarship.*e+erson !ecame %ice president in -.0. under Pres. *ohn
    Adams, whom he succeeded in -7=-.
    As president, he o%ersaw the Aouisiana Purchase and authoriBed
    the Aewis and )lar" #@pedition. $e a%oided entanglement in the
    ;apoleonic 'ars !y signing the #m!argo Act. 2n -7=0 he retired to his
    home, (onticello, to pursue his many interests in science, philosophy,
    and architecture. Possi!ly the most !roadly learned citiBen of the entire
    country, he amassed an impressi%e li!rary, which would !ecome the
    core of the Ai!rary of )ongress when the latter was !urnt in the 'ar of
    -7-C. 2n -7-0 he founded and designed the Uni%ersity of 1irginia.
    Works by Thomas Jeferson
    Notes on the State of Virginia
    Account of Louisiana
    American Christian Bible
    Reports of Cases Determined in the General
    Court of Virginia from 17!"17#!$ 17%&"177'
    A Summar( Vie) of the Rights of British
    America
    *he Statute of Virginia for Religious +reedom
    2n -7-9, after a long estrangement, *e+erson and Adams !ecame
    reconciled and !egan a %oluminous correspondence, e@changing %iews
    on national issues that illuminated much of the foundersD philosophies.
    Their letters were later pu!lished in many editions as *he Adams"
    ,e-erson Letters.

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