USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -As United States minister to France when revolutionary fervor was rising toward the storming of the Bastille in 1789, Jefferson became an ardent supporter of the French Revolution, even allowing his residence to be used as a meeting place for the rebels led by Lafayette .

Detailed explanation-2: -He believed the French Revolution was directly inspired by the American Revolution, which ended only a couple years before. It’s likely that Jefferson foresaw a similar end result. He hoped France would become a liberal democracy along the lines of the United States. This was not a far-fetched dream.

Detailed explanation-3: -In Paris and London, Jefferson seized the opportunity to engage in scientific inquiry and observe advances in technology. He befriended the Marquis de Condorcet, Permanent Secretary of the French Academy of Sciences, who introduced him to the leading scientific figures of France.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the Virginia House of Burgesses and the Continental Congress, he contributed his pen rather than his voice to the patriot cause. As the “silent member” of the Congress, Jefferson, at 33, drafted the Declaration of Independence.