Thomas Jefferson

                         

• Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1745 at Shadwell Plantation in Albemarle County

• His parents were Peter and Jane Randolph Jefferson

• At a young age Thomas Jefferson moved to Tuckahoe Plantation.

When Thomas Jefferson is fourteen years old his father, Peter Jefferson, dies.

SCHOOLING

• One room schoolhouse at Tuckahoe Plantation

• Rev. Douglas

• Rev. Maury

• College of William and Mary

• Studied Law with George Wythe

POLITICAL OFFICES

• House of Burgesses• Governor of Virginia• Minister of France• Secretary of State• Vice President• President

Shadwell burns

to the ground

Begins building Monticello

He will work on the house for forty years.

Marries

Martha Wayles Skelton

•

Wrote the

Declaration

of

Independence

Wrote the

Virginia Statute

for

Religious Freedom

Designed

Monticello

State Capital

University of Virginia

Purchased

Louisiana Territory

Send

Lewis and Clark

To Explore

INTERESTS

Agriculture

Botony

Architecture

•

Astronomy

Cuisine

(food)

Languages

Books

•

                                     

Medicine

•

Weather

Native Americans

(Indians)

Art

Education

Music

Played the Violin

Mechanical Devices

Polygraph Machine

Two-Faced

Clock

Children and Grandchildren

Epitaph

HERE WAS BURIEDTHOMAS JEFFERSON

AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION

OFAMERICAN INDEPENDENCE

OF THESTATUTE OF VIRGINIA

FORRELIGIOUS FREEDOMAND FATHER OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA