Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, in 1743. He was born on a farm in Virginia and his family was pretty wealthy and well known. Later in life, Thomas Jefferson ended up being the third president of the United States and is very well known for writing and contributing to the Declaration of Independence. He was, and still is, a very prominent figure in historical history.
Jacksonian Democracy greatly impacted reform movements in the first half of the Nineteenth Century because it spread the idea that all men were created equal, and as such should be allowed the same privileges.