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Thomas Jefferson was a member of many different governmental bodies. They included the Continental Congress, the Virginia House of Burgesses, and the Virginia Committee of Correspondence.
You can see George Washington and Thomas Jeffersons house in Virginia
He was born in Albemarle County, Virginia
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Jefferson established the University of Virginia.
He served as a representative in the Virginia House of Burgesses which is basically the colony of Virginia's parliament.
Yes. he was part of the Virginia House of Burgesses and attended the Second Continental Congress.
Jefferson was a member of The Contenintal Congress, The Virgina House of Burgesses, and Virginia's Committee of Correspondence.
The House of Burgesses made the laws, with the approval of the Colonial Governor, who were appointed by the King of England. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were members of the House of Burgesses and exerted influence over other members. The local government in Colonial Virginia is believed to be more democratic than many other colonial governments in America by Historians. The Representatives serving in the Virginia House of Burgesses were elected by a majority vote of the tax-paying Virginia land-owners.There are many biographies of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson available that contain Virginia history and are very interesting.
He was member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, the Virginia Chamber of Deputies and a delegate to the Continental Congress. He also was governor of Virginia during the revolutionary war.
Peter Jefferson was a farmer, county surveyor, local magistrate, tobacco plantation owner and member of the Virginia's House of Burgesses for a while.