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Thomas Jefferson

Portrait of Thomas Jefferson

Author of the Declaration · Third President · Third President of the United States · 1743–1826

Author of the Declaration of Independence, architect of Monticello, philosopher of liberty.

Why Jefferson is on Incandio

Incandio is a free revision platform for the Pearson Edexcel International GCSE. Its historical figures are the people a student learns from, questions and — where a specification topic is theirs — defends an idea against. Thomas Jefferson can be questioned here in a dramatised, historically grounded portrayal, and the five-chapter life below is written to be read alongside the course.

Explore the life of Jefferson — five chapters

  1. The Bookish Heir — Virginia, Enlightenment and an enormous library
  2. Writing the Declaration — Thirty-three years old, and asked to explain a revolution
  3. Paris, Party and the Louisiana Purchase — From diplomat to president
  4. Monticello: Family, Slavery and Silence — The private world behind the public philosophy
  5. The University and the Fourth of July — What he chose to be remembered for

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