Choose a leader or important person from each revolution you studied. Using the information you learned in this unit, fill in the table. Write one paragraph for each person that argues why that person is the most influential figure from the revolution. Be specific in your argument.

Scientific

Enlightenment

American

French

Latin American

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(you don't have to write a full argument but if you guys can just give me an idea of why.

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George washington was the first president and led us to be independent

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743-July 4, 1826) was a leading Founding Father of the United States, the author of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and he served as the third President of the US (1801-1809). Jefferson was a committed Republican - arguing passionately for liberty, democracy and devolved power. Jefferson also wrote the Statute for Religious Freedom in 1777 - it was adopted by the state of Virginia in 1786. Jefferson was also a noted polymath with wide-ranging interests from architecture to gardening, philosophy, literature and education. Although a slave owner himself, Jefferson sought to introduce a bill (1800) to end slavery in all Western territories. As President, he signed a bill to ban the importation of slaves into the US (1807).