What role did jefferson play in the revolutionary war?

Thomas Jefferson's voice helped shape our nation. He was a great revolutionary hero, as well as the third President of the United States of America. Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.

Jefferson was not in the colonies during the war. He was in France for those years along with John Adams and Ben Franklin. They helped get funding for the war from France and for a time all three were room mates while in France.