No, he did not. Jefferson did write a similar, shorter version for the Virginia Constitution in 1776, but James Madison included the right of citizens to bear arms in his list of 12 proposed amendments, ten of which were adopted as our Bills of Rights. Jefferson, who had no direct involvement in writing the Constitution, addressed the importance of a Bill of Rights, eventually convincing a reluctant Madison, and he repeatedly mentioned freedom of religion, freedom of the press, the right of habeas corpus, not keeping a standing army, and no monopolies, but he himself never mentioned the right to bear arms, as he evidently didn't consider it of great enough importance.
The Second Continental Congress
the second continental congress
Thomas Jefferson was chosen to write the Declaration Of Independence
the declaration of independence
Thomas Jefferson was assigned to write a rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, but he was not the most responsible. The Second Continental Congress was.
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No Thomas Jefferson did not write the paper.
June 1776. Thomas Jefferson was one of five members of the Second Continental Congress appointed on June 11, 1776 to write the Declaration of Independence. The other committee members asked Jefferson to write the first draft, which he completed in 18 days.
he had to he had to
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