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Thomas Jefferson was bron near the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, to a wealthy family.
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When was a teenager his father ,Peter, died. His father was his role model.
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Thomas went to William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.With him went one of his friends Dadney Carr.
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In the spring of 1762 Thomas finished at William and Mary and decided to study law with George Wythe.
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He was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses at the young age of 25 just like his father.
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Men were throwing snowballs at "red coats" and were shot and killed 5 men.
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Thomas got married to Martha Wayles Skelton who had a three-year-old son.
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On the night of Decmeber 16, 1773 hunders of men dressed as indians dumpped tea off British Ships, the Harbor would be closed until every leaf of tea was paid for.
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Thomas wrote the Declaration of Independence and it was approved on July 2.
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One by one each and every delegate signed their name to the Declaration of the Indendence.
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Bushnell invented the first submarine.
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George Wahington bet the British at Valley Forge and pushed them south.
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Thomas became governor of Vriginia.
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The army bet the British at Yorktown a huge victory for the Americans.
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A bill establishing religious freedom was writen.
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He became the first secrtary of state for then president George Washington.
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Eli Whitney made the cotton gin.
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Thomas Jefferson become the 3rd president of the United States of America.
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The Lewis and Clark expedition started from St. Louis in 3 boats.
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Lewis and Clark returned from the expedition to St. Louis. They did not find a waterway to the Pacific Ocean.
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In 1808 slave trade ended.
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Thomas was elected presient for a second time.
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The Star Spangled Banner was first sang.
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Thomas Jefferson died at his home in Virginia.
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