Thomas Jefferson was a natural born leader. He showed signs of a strong leader and a great advocate of liberty from an early age. He has contributed greatly to the independence of our country, and the stability to keep it alive. Through the hard times of the Revolutionary War, and the struggle to secede from Britain, Jefferson was always there and ready with a new idea. On April 13, 1743, at Shadwell at Albemarle County, Virginia, Jane …showed first 75 words of 1032 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1032 total…demands, gaining free use of the Mediterranean Sea, as well as the act he passed to prohibit importing slaves in 1808. James Madison succeeded Jefferson as president in 1809. Thomas remained in Virginia for the rest of his life in his beautiful home, Monticello. He attended the founding of the University of Virginia in 1819 as his last public service. He died on July 4, 1826, exactly 50 years after the signing of his most memorable achievement, the Declaration of Independence.