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Thomas Jefferson was born in Virigina
His mother was Jane Randolph, Daughter of isham Randolph of Dungeness -
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T. Jefferson college.
When he 16 he attended the college of William & mary in Williamburg, where he met his influential mentor George Wythe -
T. Jefferson began local school
At age 9 he began studying and learning Latin, greek, And French. He also learned how to ride horses -
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Lawyer and House of Burgesses
Jefferson handled many cases as a lawyer in colonial Virginia, and was very active -
Marriage and children
He got married in williamsburg to the 23 year old widow Martha Wayles Skelton. They had 6 kids but only 2 survied to adulthood -
Drafting a declaration
Jefferson served as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress and soon after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary Wa -
T. Jefferson oldest sister died at age 25
He fell into a period of deep mourning and was already depressed about the absence of his other sister mary -
Declaration of Independence
He was chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence, which has been regarded ever since as a charter of American and universal liberties -
Thomas jefferson Governor of Virginia
At the age of thirty-six, Jefferson was elected Governor of Virginia -
Notes on the State of Virginia
Gov. Thomas Jefferson was given a list of 22 questions, by Secretary of the French legation to the United States François Marbois, intended to gather pertinent information on the American colonies. Jefferson's responses to Marbois' "Queries" would become known as Notes on the State of Virginia. -
Member of Congress
Virginia appointed Jefferson to its delegation to the Congress of the Confederation -
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Minister to France
Jefferson collaborated with Adams in London to outline an anti-piracy treaty with Morocco. Their work culminated in a treaty that was ratified by Congress on July 18, 1787 and is still in force today, making it the longest unbroken treaty relationship in U.S. history -
Democrat-republican party.
Jefferson resigned from the cabinet and formed the Democrat-republican party. -
Presidency
Jefferson ran for president but he lost to John Adams, and, most uncomfortably, this made him vice president under a man whom he could no longer abide. Then after a single meeting, on the street, the two never communicated directly during the whole administration -
WINNING
Jefferson again ran for the presidency and this time he won. He served for two terms and he did ultimately play a deciding role in forming the character of the American Presidency. -
SECOND ADMINISTRATION
Jefferson's main concern in his second administration was foreign affairs, in which he experienced a notable failure. In the course of the Napoleonic Wars Britain and France repeatedly violated American sovereignty in incidents such as the Chesapeake affair -
Succeeded
Jefferson was succeeded as president by his friend James Madison, and during the last seventeen years of his life, he remained at Monticello -
Thomas Jeffereson death
Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, just hours before his close friend John Adams, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. He was eighty-three years old, the holder of large debts, but according to all evidence a very optimistic man.
