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• As a political philosopher, Jefferson was a man of the Enlightenment, the cofounder and leader of the Democratic-Republican Party, which dominated American politics for 25 years.
His achievement
• Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States.
• Thomas Jefferson was "author of the Declaration of American Independence , of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom.
• Again in the Virginia legislature, introduced a number of bills for the establishment of religious Freedom.
• In June 1779,Jefferson was elected governor of Virginia.
His family
• His father Peter Jefferson was a successful planter and surveyor and his mother Jane Randolph a member of one of Virginia's most distinguished families. Having inherited a considerable landed estate from his father, Jefferson began building Monticello when he was twenty-six years old. Three years later, he married Martha Wayles Skelton, with whom he lived happily for ten years until her death. Their marriage produced six children, but only two survived to adulthood. Jefferson, who never remarried, maintained Monticello as his home throughout his life, always expanding and changing the house.
• In the final 17 years of his life, Jefferson’s major accomplishment was the founding (1819) of the University of Virginia.
• On July 4 , 1826 , the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence , Jefferson died at Monticello.
• He re presented Virginia in the Second Continental Congress in 1775.
• The following year, he drafted the Declaration of Independence with John Adams, Benjamin Franklin , Roger Sherman, and Robert R.Livingston.
Major deeds
• Jefferson was born in Albemarle County, Virginia on Apr.13,1743.
• Jefferson attended (1760-1762) the College of William and mary
• In 1769 he service as a representative in the Virginia House of Burgesses.
• and Father of the University of Virginia.
• During his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase (1803) and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806).
• In 1785 he became minister to France.
• As the first secretary of state in Washington’s cabinet.
• Jefferson became vice-president in 1796. • He became president in 1800.
Thomas Jefferson, a Brief Biography
Born April 13, 1743, at Shadwell, Virginia; died July 4,Байду номын сангаас1826, Monticello
Thomas Jefferson -- author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia -- voiced the aspirations of a new America as no other individual of his era. As a public official, historian, philosopher, and plantation owner, he served his country for over five decades.
His achievement
• Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States.
• Thomas Jefferson was "author of the Declaration of American Independence , of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom.
• Again in the Virginia legislature, introduced a number of bills for the establishment of religious Freedom.
• In June 1779,Jefferson was elected governor of Virginia.
His family
• His father Peter Jefferson was a successful planter and surveyor and his mother Jane Randolph a member of one of Virginia's most distinguished families. Having inherited a considerable landed estate from his father, Jefferson began building Monticello when he was twenty-six years old. Three years later, he married Martha Wayles Skelton, with whom he lived happily for ten years until her death. Their marriage produced six children, but only two survived to adulthood. Jefferson, who never remarried, maintained Monticello as his home throughout his life, always expanding and changing the house.
• In the final 17 years of his life, Jefferson’s major accomplishment was the founding (1819) of the University of Virginia.
• On July 4 , 1826 , the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence , Jefferson died at Monticello.
• He re presented Virginia in the Second Continental Congress in 1775.
• The following year, he drafted the Declaration of Independence with John Adams, Benjamin Franklin , Roger Sherman, and Robert R.Livingston.
Major deeds
• Jefferson was born in Albemarle County, Virginia on Apr.13,1743.
• Jefferson attended (1760-1762) the College of William and mary
• In 1769 he service as a representative in the Virginia House of Burgesses.
• and Father of the University of Virginia.
• During his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase (1803) and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806).
• In 1785 he became minister to France.
• As the first secretary of state in Washington’s cabinet.
• Jefferson became vice-president in 1796. • He became president in 1800.
Thomas Jefferson, a Brief Biography
Born April 13, 1743, at Shadwell, Virginia; died July 4,Байду номын сангаас1826, Monticello
Thomas Jefferson -- author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia -- voiced the aspirations of a new America as no other individual of his era. As a public official, historian, philosopher, and plantation owner, he served his country for over five decades.