BY: G A R R E TT S M I T H

THOMAS JEFFERSON

FAMILY

• Father: Peter Jefferson, 1708-175, • Mother: Jane Randolph, 1720-1776• 7 sisters and 2 brothers.

THOMAS JEFFERSON’S BIRTHDAY

• Thomas Jefferson Was Born April 13, 1743 in Shadwell, VA(Virginia)

EDUCATION

• educated from ages 9 – 14.• Greek, Latin, and French.• Law in college with George Wythe, first American

Law professor.• Thomas Jefferson was admitted to the bar.

TALENTS

• Thomas Jefferson was an inventor, architect, scientist, and collected books.• He could read more than five languages.• He was the U.S. Minister to France.

CLOSE FRIEND

• Thomas Jefferson and John Adams became very close friends.• They worked together on a committee to draft the

Declaration of Independence.• Even though they were close friends they often

had differences of politics.

CHILDHOOD CONTRIBUTIONS

• Thomas Jefferson went on fifty mile horseback rides and loved to read books.• As a child, Thomas Jefferson was very interested

in books and learning.

EMPLOYMENT

• Thomas Jefferson was a Statesman, planter, lawyer, philosopher, inventor, architect, and a teacher. • He also loved to help other people.

SCANDAL

• In 1802 Thomas Jefferson was charged with having a relationship with his slave, Sally Hemming's, and fathering a child.

MARTHA WAYLES SKELTON - WIFE

• Thomas Jefferson married Martha Wayles Skelton on January 1, 1772. There are not many photos of Martha, but she was described as being small and beautiful.• She was gentle and had a good nature

MENTORS

• Thomas Jefferson liked to learn from other people. • He had great teachers who taught him language

and law and he looked up to them. • He decided he wanted to be the kind of person

that others would look up to.

JEFFERSON'S GREATEST SUCCESS

• The Louisiana Purchase was one of Thomas Jefferson’s greatest successes. • America wanted to purchase Louisiana because

the Mississippi was the only way to get crops there and back.

WITHOUT THOMAS JEFFERSON

• Without Thomas Jefferson, America probably would not have become America as we know it. The United States would not have been able to expand and evolve like it is today.• Without Jefferson the Lewis and Clark Expedition

would have never happened and John Colter wouldn’t have discovered Yellowstone.

INTERESTING ITEMS• One of the things that Thomas Jefferson did that

wasn’t right is that he told people that slavery was immoral and should be abolished. • Yet he owned hundreds of slaves.• Thomas Jefferson totally would have had an Ipad

if it was invented because he loved science and technology. • His favorite device was a rotating bookstand that

held 5 books.

RANDOM INFORMATION

• Thomas Jefferson wanted to end all taxes of any kind paid by U.S. citizens.• And he believed that the government which

governs the least, governs the best.• His inauguration was the first one that took place

in Washington D.C.

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