Thomas Jefferson Timeline

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  • Political

    Jefferson was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769-1774
  • Political

    1775-1176 Jefferson was a member of the Continental Congress.
  • Military

    Jefferson was one of the key founding fathers which resulted from the Revolutionary war from April 19, 1775, to September 3, 1783.
  • Political

    Jefferson starting drafting the Declaration of Independence.
  • Political

    Thomas Jefferson became governor of Virginia
  • Diplomatic

    Jefferson became a minister to France
  • Political

    Jefferson served as the Secretary of State under President George Washington.
  • Social

    Jefferson being a supporter of the Bill of Rights, it was ratified on December 15, 1791.
  • Political

    Became the vice president for John Adams from 1797-1801
  • Political

    Thomas Jefferson served as president from March 4, 1801, to March 4, 1809.
  • Social

    Jefferson delivers his first address to the new seventh congress of the United States.
  • Military

    Congress reduces the size of the U.S. army.
  • Social

    Jefferson repeals taxes on commodities such as whiskey.
  • Social

    Spain reopens New Orleans to American Merchants.
  • Economic

    Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Purchase from France.
  • Social

    French flag is lowered in New Orleans and the U.S flag raised.
  • Economic

    Congress passes the Louisiana Territory Act.
  • Economic

    Lewis and Clark expedition reach mouth of Yellowstone River
  • Cultural

    Congress authorizes a national road from Cumberland, Maryland, to the Ohio river to be built.
  • Cultural

    Jefferson calls for a ban on the slave trade to congress.