• As a political philosopher, Jefferson was a man of the Enlightenment, the cofounder and leader of the Democratic-Republican Party, which dominated American politics for 25 years.
Thomas Jefferson, a Brief Biography
Born April 13, 1743, at Shadwell, Virginia; died July 4, 1826, Monticello
Thomas Jefferson -- author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia -- voiced the aspirations of a new America as no other individual of his era. As a public official, historian, philosopher, and plantation owner, he served his country for over five decades.
• A polymath博学者, Jefferson achieved distinction as, among other things, a horticulturist, political leader, architect, archaeologist考古 学家, paleontologist古生物学 , inventor, and so on.
• and Father of the University of Virginia.
• During his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase (1803) and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806).
Wren Building (rear), College of William & Mary where Jefferson studied
House of Burgesses in Williamsburg, Virginia, where Jefferson served 1769–1775
The University of Virginia, Jefferson's "Academical Village"
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• The following year, he drafted the Declaration of Independence with John Adams, Benjamin Franklin , Roger Sherman, and Robert R.Livingston.
• Again in the Virginia legislature, introduced a number of bills for the establishment of religious Freedom.
Major deeds
• Jefferson was born in Albemarle County, Virginia on Apr.13,1743. • Jefferson attended (1760-1762) the College of William and mary • In 1769 he service as a representative in the Virginia House of Burgesses. • He re presented Virginia in the Second Continental Congress in 1775.
His family
• His father Peter Jefferson was a successful planter and surveyor and his mother Jane Randolph a member of one of Virginia's most distinguished families. Having inherited a considerable landed estate from his father, Jefferson began building Monticello when he was twenty-six years old. Three years later, he married Martha Wayles Skelton, with whom he lived happily for ten years until her death. Their marriage produced six children, but only two survived to adulthood. Jefferson, who never remarried, maintained Monticello as his home throughout his life, always expanding and changing the house.
Jefferson's home Monticello
Governor's Palace, Governor Jefferson's residence in Williamsburg
Independence Hall Assembly Room where Jefferson served in Congress
• In June 1779,Jefferson was elected governor of Virginia. • In 1785 he became minister to France. • As the first secretary of state in Washington’s cabinet. • Jefferson became vice-president in 1796. • He became president in 1800.
His achievement
• Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States. • Thomas Jefferson was "author of the Declaration of American Independence , of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom.
• In the final 17 years of his life, Jefferson’s major accomplishment was the founding (1819) of the University of Virginia.
• On July 4 , 1826 , the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence , Jefferson died at Monticello.
Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C.
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Statue
Jefferson's gravesite
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