USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THOMAS JEFFERSON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does it mean when we say Thomas Jefferson was a founding father?
A
It means that is what his children called him.
B
It means people called him father because he found them.
C
It means that he was one of the people who helped to start our country.
D
It means he have children.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -As the “silent member” of the Congress, Jefferson, at 33, drafted the Declaration of Independence. In years following he labored to make its words a reality in Virginia. Most notably, he wrote a bill establishing religious freedom, enacted in 1786. Jefferson succeeded Benjamin Franklin as minister to France in 1785.

Detailed explanation-2: -or Founding Father : a man who had an important part in creating the government of the U.S. specifically : a member of the American Constitutional Convention of 1787. a tribute to Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and the other Founding Fathers.

Detailed explanation-3: -The central claim that “all men are created equal” had profound implications for the American regime of liberty. The “self-evident truth” of human equality meant that humans had equal natural rights, equally gave their consent to create a republican government, had equal dignity, and were equal under the law.

Detailed explanation-4: -“Government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.” “Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”

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