Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826) was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776). He was elected the second Vice President of the United States (1797–1801), serving under John Adams and in 1800 was elected the third President (1801–09). He was a proponent of democracy, republicanism, and individual rights, which motivated American colonists to break from Great Britain and form a new nation

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