Questions and Answers: 1 Why is Thomas Jefferson less famous than George Washington and Abraham Lincoln? 2 Why do we associate the name of Thomas Jefferson with the Declaration of Independence? 3 Why was Jefferson chosen to write the Declaration of Independence? 4 What was Jefferson’s attitude towards “people of humble origins”? 5 Why did he insist upon having a free press? 6 What was the philosophy underlying Jefferson’s determination never to answer his critics? 7 Why does the author say that American education owes a great debt to Thomas Jefferson?