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Thomas Jefferson is Born
Thomas Jefferson, was born on April 13, 1743, in Shadwell, Virginia. He Is the son of Peter Jefferson, and Jane Randolph Jefferson. He had 1 brother, and 6 sisters. He was the eldest child. -
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson begins work on his new house Monticello, on top of a 867 foot tall mountain near his father's house in Shadwell, Virginia. -
Jefferson gets married
Thomas jefferson married Martha Wayles Skelton on
January 1,1772, at Martha's house. -
Thomas Jefferson drafted Decloration of independance
Thomas Jefferson drafted this document, and did most of the work on it. He wrote it on a portable lap desk which he invented -
Thomas Jefferson becomes Governor
He was the governor of Virginia from 1779-1781. -
Becomes a Member of Congress for Virginia
Proceding the peace with Great Britain, the United States started the Continental Congress, or the Congress of the Confediration, to which Thomas Jefferson was appointed as the first member of congress. -
Appointed as Minister of France
France offered him as Minister, following the death of the old minister, Monsieur Franklin, they offered him the job so he resign from congress, and became minister. -
Secretary of state
He became the very first United States Secretary of State from 1790-193 -
Thomas Jefferson is Vice President
Thomas Jefferson is the vice president under president John Adams, the second president of the United States. -
Became President
He became the first republican-democratic president. He ran from March 4,1801 to March 4,1809, with the party of Aaron Burr, and George Clinton -
U.S. Buys Louisiana from France
Napolean offered Thomas Jefferson the area of Louisiana for 15 million, an offer in which, the United States could easily fund. This turned out to be the biggest desicion a president of the United States has made in history. -
Lewis and Clark Expidition Begins
Jefferson had an avid interest in exploring the American frontier, so he made Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, as the leaders, of this expidition. -
U.S. and Tripoli sign a peace treaty
U.S. signed a peace treaty with Tripoli to protect themselves. It may have saved our lives. -
Lewis and Clark reach the pacific coast
Lewis and Clark reach the pacific coast in 1805, to mark the half of the expidition. -
Lewis and Clark Expidition ends
When Lewis and Clark returned, it satisfied Jefferson's needs, and had much new information and data on the topographical features, of its country, and it's natural resources. -
Thomas Jefferson makes The Embargo act of 1807
He passed the embargo of act to stay neutral with the napolean wars. He did this to avoid humiliation, and the war. In an ironic event, he recieved both the war and humiliation. -
Retired
Thomas Jefferson retired from his presidency and from his public life. -
Sold library
He sold his library of 6,700 books for $23,950 to congress in 1815. In 1851, a fire burned down nearly two-thirds of the books contained in his library. -
Thomas Jefferson creates the University of Virginia
After his end of presidency, he still had an urge to help. He created the University of Virginua, the first university, to offer all choices of classes. -
Thomas Jefferson Dies
Jefferson's health began to decrease in 1825, and in 1826 was sentanced to bed. He later died on july 4, 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of the Decloration of Independance, only a few hours befor John Adams.
