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Jefferson early life and fast facts
Born on April 13, 1743, in Albemarle County, Virginia, Jefferson was a musician, artist, architect, mathematician, astronomer, scientist, legislator, philosopher, writer, diplomat, jurist, gardener, and president of the United States. FAST FACTS!
3rd President of the United States
(March 4, 1801 to March 3, 1809)
Party- Democratic-Republican
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Declaration of Independence is singned
The Declaration of Independence structure included a statement of principles and then a list of grievances. The document's also includes a list of fundamental human rights. "the Declaration of Independence would provide the foundation for the creation of an American society truly representative and egalitarian." copy and paste into URL box at top
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Marbury v. Madison
This historic court case established the concept of Judicial Review or the ability of the Judiciary Branch to declare a law unconstitutional. This case brought the Judicial Branch of the government on a more even power basis with the Legislative and Executive Branches. The Founding Fathers expected the branches of government to act as checks and balances on each other. The historic court case Marbury v. Madison accomplished this end thereby setting the precedent for numerous historic decisions i -
Jefferson wins election
1801The outcome of the election of 1800 had been in doubt until late February because Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, the two leading candidates, each had received 73 electoral votes. House of Representatives had to meet for 30 hours to decide, Jefferson emagred President and Burr vice-president. President John Adams, who had run unsuccessfully for a second term, left Washington on the day of the inauguration without attending the ceremony. -
West Point is established
Congress reduces the size of the U.S. army to its 1796 limits. It also passes an act, which is signed into law by Jefferson, establishing an official United States Military Academy at West Point. -
Whiskey tax repealed
Infamous excise taxes on commodities such as whiskey are repealed. -
Ohio 17th state
Ohio officially becomes the seventeenth state of the Union. It is the first state to prohibit slavery by law at its inception. -
Louisiana Purchase
This day marks the official signing of a peace treaty with France and the purchase of Louisiana. The addition of 828,000 square miles of land between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains is purchased from France for approximately $15 million, increasing the national territory by 140 percent. More than doubling the size of the U.S. http://www.history.com/videos/louisiana-purchase-doubles-size-of-america#louisiana-purchase-doubles-size-of-america -
Lewis and Clark
Merriweather Lewis and William Clark begin an expedition of the western territory of the Louisiana Purchase. Jefferson sponsored the journey out of curiosity and concern for the economic and political security of the western United States. http://www.history.com/videos/lewis--clark-expedition-charts-new-territory#lewis--clark-expedition-charts-new-territory -
The Twelfth Amendment
The Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is officially ratified, allowing for the presidential election of 1804 to be conducted under new rules. -
Jefferson re-election
Thomas Jefferson is reelected President of the United States. Fellow Democratic-Republican and first governor of New York George Clinton will be the vice president. -
Embargo Act
President Jefferson signs the Embargo Act, putting a halt to all trading with any country in the entire world. The act serves as a retaliatory measure to the increasingly coercive trade policies of the British and the French. http://www.history.com/videos/louisiana-purchase-doubles-size-of-america#jefferson-expands-executive-power -
Slave trade Band
The law officially banning the slave trade goes into effect. -
Embargo Act repealed
After the U.S. economy suffers because of the embargo, Congress repeals the Embargo Act. Trade with the two countries is to be resumed when they agreed to respect the rights of U.S. citizens and vessels. -
End of Jeffersons 2nd term
By 1808 the presidency had aged Jefferson and that he had come to hate it. He Hated it so much and though he failed as a president that he left the regonization off his grave stone. -
New Library of Congress
On January 30, 1815, President James Madison approved an act of Congress appropriating $23,950 to purchase Thomas Jefferson's library of 6,487 volumes. After capturing Washington, D.C. in 1814, the British burned the U.S. Capitol, destroying the Library of Congress and its 3,000-volume collection. Thomas Jefferson, in retirement at Monticello, offered to sell his personal library to the Library Committee of Congress in order to rebuild the collection of the Congressional Library. -
Jefferson dies
Jefferson died on the Fourth of July, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. He died a few hours before the death of John Adams, his compatriot in their quest for independence, then great political rival, and later friend and correspondent. Adams is often rumored to have referenced Jefferson in his last words, unaware of his passing.
