Ep. 120 – Jefferson's Writing Kicks Off the American Revolution

Thomas Jefferson heads to the Second Continental Congress and gets writing. That leads to one of the biggest jobs in American history – writing the Declaration of Independence.

Growing Patriots · Ep. 120 – Jefferson's writing kicks off the American Revolution

A Declaration of the Causes & Necessity for Taking Up Arms

See original notes about the document here and the full document here

Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union

Thomas Jefferson took a lot of notes on Benjamin Franklin's document. See them here! 

There's math??

Here's Jefferson's work on how much a war would cost. 

Resolutions on Lord North's Conciliatory Proposal

Have a look at the July 31, 1775, Draft of Continental Congress Resolutions on Lord North's Conciliatory Proposal; with Amendment by Benjamin Franklin. 

You can see the January 2, 1776 letter the Congress wrote about Ethan Allen here. 

When Thomas Jefferson went home at Christmas time, he lived in Monticello's South Pavillion.

Jefferson wasn't on the committee to create the Constitution for Virginia, but he worked on one anyway. 

June 1776, Drafts and Notes on the Virginia Constitution; Plans for Two Houses

George Wythe's letter to Thomas Jefferson, July 27, 1776 about the Virginia Constitution

Then, the Lee Resolution! That's right – the question of independence was being discussed. 

Time for Thomas Jefferson to get writing!

When his first draft was done, the Committee of Five and then the full Congress made some edits. Find out more here. 

Then...well, you know what happened on July 4, 1776.