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Thomas Jefferson's Birth
Thomas Jefferson is born in Shadwell, Virginia, the oldest son of Peter Jefferson and Jane Randolph. -
Tea Act
In march the Stamp Act was passed by parliament taxing all printed materials including newspapers, bills, legal documentrs, licences, almanacs, dice, and playing card. -
Death of Jeffersons Father
Peter Jefferson dies while Thomas Jefferson was only 14 and he was put in charge of his fathers land and slaves. (Shmoop.com) -
College of William & Mary
Jefferson began his studies and the College of William & Mary -
Graduation
Jefferson begins finishes his studies at College of William & Mary and begins reading law with George Wythe. -
Viginia Bar
Jefferson conludes his studies wiwth Wythe after 5 yearsand is admitted into the Virginia Bar -
Boston Massacre
Tension between citizens and British Soldiers were escalating when they arrived in Massachusetts. On this night targuements escalated into Britsish soldiers opening fire on colonists killing 5 of them. (BostonMassacre.net) -
Jefferson marrys.
Jefferson marries Martha Wayles Skelton, the recently widowed daughter of the wealthy planter John Wayles Sketlon. -
First Born Child
His first child named Martha Jefferson, is born in Monticello. -
Boston Tea Party
In protest of the Tea Act, Samuel Adams and many colonists disguised as native americans and dumped British tea in the Boston Harbor, also known as the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress.
The First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia to coordinate response to the Intolerable Acts. -
Shot heard round the world.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord take place and mark the start of the American Revolutionary War. Also known as the shot heard round the world. -
Independence
The American colony adopted the Delaration of Independance and separated from Great Britain. -
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom is a statement about both freedom of religion and the separation of church and state. -
Marthas Death
Jeffersons wife dies and leaves Jefferson shattered. -
Slave Rewards
The house of Burgess grants freedom to all slaves who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. -
Confederation Congress
Jefferson leads the Confederation Congress as a Virginia representative. In 1784, he drafts a report that will serve as the basis for the influential Northwest Ordinances which will frame how the United States is to settle the West. -
Jefferson's Death
Thomas Jefferson dies in his bed in Monticello, on the same day as John Adams, fifty years to the day after the publication of the Declaration of Independence. (Shmoop.com)
