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Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States was born in Virginia.0:07
When he was 14 years old his father died and the young boy was left to choose for himself what to do.0:11
He was a farmer for some time.0:19
He was also a scientist, an inventor, a philosopher a and an architect.0:21
He designed his own house and some buildings in the state of Virginia.0:27
Jefferson studied literature and languages.0:32
He could speak French, Italian, Spanish, Latin and Greek.0:35
Many of Jefferson's ideas became basic principles of the government of the United States.0:42
He wrote many of Virginia's laws.0:48
One of the laws was to allow every child to go to school free without paying.0:52
In those days, schools in America were only for the children whose parents were rich.0:57
Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence.1:04
Its main idea was that power belonged to the people.1:07
Jefferson wanted free elections, free press and free speech.1:12
Jefferson lived a long life.1:17
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