Thomas Jefferson Timeline
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Updated: 28 Nov 2017
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Created byLeonasrdo Salguero
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BirthDeath at MonticelloGraduated from the College of William and MaryBegan working as a lawyer“A Summary View of the Rights of British America”began clearing a mountaintop in preparation for MonticelloMarried Martha Wayles SkeltonMartha died at age 33Selected as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress.Resigned from the Continental Congress,
re-elected to the Virginia House of DelegatesVirginia Statute for Religious Freedom passedSucceeded Benjamin Franklin as U.S. minister to France.Accepted appointment to become the new nation’s first secretary of state.Jefferson ran against John AdamsRan against Adams againSworn into officePurchase of the Louisiana Territory from FranceRan for re-electionEmbargo of 1807Chose not to run for a third termHelped found the University of VirginiaMonticello by a non-profit organization which opened it to the publicThe Declaration of Independence adoptedPeriods
Member of
colonial Virginia’s
House of BurgessesServed as governor of VirginiaSecond stint in CongressCo-founded the Democratic-Republican PartyCorps of DiscoverySpent his post-presidential years at Monticello
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