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Jefferson was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769-1774
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1775-1176 Jefferson was a member of the Continental Congress.
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Jefferson was one of the key founding fathers which resulted from the Revolutionary war from April 19, 1775, to September 3, 1783.
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Jefferson starting drafting the Declaration of Independence.
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Thomas Jefferson became governor of Virginia
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Jefferson became a minister to France
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Jefferson served as the Secretary of State under President George Washington.
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Jefferson being a supporter of the Bill of Rights, it was ratified on December 15, 1791.
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Became the vice president for John Adams from 1797-1801
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Thomas Jefferson served as president from March 4, 1801, to March 4, 1809.
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Jefferson delivers his first address to the new seventh congress of the United States.
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Congress reduces the size of the U.S. army.
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Jefferson repeals taxes on commodities such as whiskey.
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Spain reopens New Orleans to American Merchants.
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Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Purchase from France.
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French flag is lowered in New Orleans and the U.S flag raised.
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Congress passes the Louisiana Territory Act.
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Lewis and Clark expedition reach mouth of Yellowstone River
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Congress authorizes a national road from Cumberland, Maryland, to the Ohio river to be built.
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Jefferson calls for a ban on the slave trade to congress.