Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States in 1801-1809. Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and was one of the most influential Founding Fathers. He also founded the University of Virginia. In the Declaration of Independence he showed much of the highest Ideals of the American Revolution and also knowledge from works from others of his partners especially John Locke’s The right of Man. It empathized in the ideals of freedom and democracy. He was not agreeing with the slavery but owned slaves, which contradicted his point. Also, he doubled the size of United States with purchase of Louisiana in 1805. He wanted to follow agrarian agricultural systems and did not get involved in any industrialization.
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