Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
He later served as the third President, completed the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and founded the University of Virginia.
Jefferson’s words about equality and unalienable rights continue to inspire people around the world.
Tour Monticello, his home near Charlottesville, Virginia.
The Marquis de Lafayette was a young French aristocrat who joined the American cause and became a major…
John Hancock was a wealthy Boston merchant who served as president of the Second Continental Congress.
John Adams was a Massachusetts lawyer who argued forcefully for independence in the Continental Congress.
Patrick Henry was a Virginia lawyer and powerful speaker who urged the colonies toward independence.