By: Zoe Eyth
Thomas Jefferson was born April 13, 1743 in western Virginia at Shadwell Plantations. His mother was Jane Randolph, who had a wealthy family, and his mother's cousin was a very important man in the House of Burgess. He had 9 siblings, but only 5 lived passed 30. He became Man of his house in 1757 when his father died, he was 14.
Did you know that supposedly his first memory was of a 50 mile horseback trail that her rode with his fathers slave, this was when he was three.
George Wythe
From the ages of 9 to 14 he was educated by a clergyman, William Douglass, who taught him Greek, Latin, and French. After that and before college, he went to Reverend James Maury's School. After that he started studying law with George Wythe at the College of William and Mary.
Were you aware that Jefferson's buddy George was the first American Professor?
A few fun facts imported directly from "https://www.thoughtco.com/thomas-jefferson-3rd-president-united-states-104985" where most of the information in this sutori was paraphrased from :
Jefferson served in the House of Burgesses (1769-74). He argued against Britain's actions and was part of the Committee of Correspondence. He was a member of the Continental Congress (1775-6) and then became a member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1776-9). He was the Governor of Va. during part of the Revolutionary War (1779-81). He was sent to France as a minister after the war (1785-89).
Thomas Jefferson, at one point, was appointed as secretary of state by George Washington, he had worked with Alexander Hamilton, who was secretary of treasure, and from 1797-1801 he served as vice president to John Adams. When he ran for presidency, his vice president was Aaron Burr, this was during the election of 1800. When he won he made up the 12th amendment to help the electing process go more smoothly. After his run of presidency he ran for another term, this time his vice president was George Clinton and was competing against Charles Pinckney. He most definitely won, George had 14 votes while Jefferson had 162, which is a big difference.
During his time as president, he did a lot. He taxed whisky, he for $15 million he bought Louisiana from France, he sent out Luis and Clark on their famous expedition, he ended foreign slave trade on January 1, 1808, and many other things.
A picture of Lin Manuel Maranda who played Alexander Hamilton on Broadway because I didn't like the painting picture things of him, they looked to much like everyone else.
"Jefferson was the son of Colonel Peter Jefferson, a planter and public official, and Jane Randolph. His father died when Thomas was 14. Together they had six sisters and one brother. On January 1, 1772 he married Martha Wayles Skelton. However, she died after ten years of marriage. Together they had two daughters: Martha "Patsy" and Mary "Polly." - An excerpt from the same website used earlier. Supposedly he also had adoptive siblings who were his fathers bestfriends.
His wife, Martha.
He was said to have also had a child or so with a slave, Sally Hemmings.
University Of Virginia.
Thomas Jefferson had closed off trading for a minute thinking it would affect Britain and France during their war, but it Backfired and hurt America.
"Jefferson retired after his second term as president and did not reenter public life again. He spent time at Monticello. He was deeply in debt and in 1815 sold his library to form the Library of Congress and to help get him out of debt. He spent a lot of his time in retirement designing the University of Virginia. He died on the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1826. Ironically, this was the same day as John Adams"-You know from where.