The beginner's American history . We must Fight! 146 THE BEGINNER S AMERICAN HISTORY. 186. Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Indepen-dence ; how it was sent through the country. — Shortly afterthis the great war began. In a little over a year from thetime when the first battle was fought, Congress askedThomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and some others towrite the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson reallywrote almost every word of it. He was called the Penof the Revolution ; for he could write quite as well asPatrick Henry could speak. The Declaration was printed and carried by
The beginner's American history . We must Fight! 146 THE BEGINNER S AMERICAN HISTORY. 186. Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Indepen-dence ; how it was sent through the country. — Shortly afterthis the great war began. In a little over a year from thetime when the first battle was fought, Congress askedThomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and some others towrite the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson reallywrote almost every word of it. He was called the Penof the Revolution ; for he could write quite as well asPatrick Henry could speak. The Declaration was printed and carried by men mountedon fast horses all over the United States. When menheard it, they rang the church bells and sent up cheer. after cheer. General Washington had the Declarationread to all the soldiers in his army, and if powder had notbeen so scarce, they would have fired off every gun for joy. 187. Jefferson is chosen President of the United States; whathe said about New Orleans. — A number of years after thewar was over Jefferson was chosen President of the UnitedStates; while he was President he did something for thecountry which will never be forgotten. Louisiana and the city of New Orleans, with the lowerpart of the Mississippi River, then belonged to the French;for at that time the United States only reached west as faras the Mississippi River. Now as New Orleans stands THOMAS JEFFERSON. I47 near the mouth of that river, the French could say, if theychose, what vessels should go out to sea, and what shouldcome in. So far, then, as that part of America was con-cerned, we were like a man who owns a house while an-other man owns one of the doors to it. The man who hasthe door could say to the owner of
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