jefferson

By lil__lover

  • jefferson birth

    Thomas Jefferson is born in Shadwell, Virginia (later Albemarle County), the eldest son of Peter Jefferson, a farmer/surveyor.

  • jeffersons dad dies

    Peter Jefferson dies, his son thomas jefferson was only fourteen and he became head of the household.

  • law of studies

    begins reading law with george wythe

  • sisters death

    Eldest sister Jane dies at age twenty-five

  • traveling

    travels to new york, stopping at Annapolis and Philadelphia.

  • clear land for construction

    Begins to clear land for construction of Monticello.

  • House of Burgesses

    Accedes to House of Burgesses as representative of Albermarle County.

  • goverment theories

    Begins to focus reading more exclusively on theories of government.

  • native policy

    Jefferson meets with Chief Handsome Lake to discuss native policy.

  • jefferon dies

    Dies at Monticello at the age of eighty-three, on the same day as John Adams