Was Thomas Jefferson a good writer?
In respect to this, what is Thomas Jefferson known for writing?
Thomas Jefferson is known as a Founding Father of the United States. He is most famous for writing the Declaration of Independence.
Similarly one may ask, what was Thomas Jefferson's purpose for writing the Declaration of Independence?
The Declaration of Independence was written in order to clarify and justify the actions of The Second Continental Congress, which was to assume the powers of an offical government. The colonists' saw themselves as Englishmen, with all the rights of Englishmen.
Jefferson has been a great democratic icon precisely because he so eloquently articulated fundamental tensions in Americans' understanding of the people's power. The United States had "the strongest Government on earth," Jefferson told his fellow Americans in his first Inaugural Address on March 4, 1801.