Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson
By Patricia Hanson Lewisburg Elementary phanson_at_a
ccess.k12.wv.us
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Thomas Jefferson

• Sage of Monticello

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Architecture

• He was a self-taught architect and spent his life
  building his beloved home Monticello based on the
  books of the famous Italian architect Palladio.

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Gardening

• Jefferson owned several plantations including
  Monticello and Poplar Forest. He brought seeds
  from Europe and even tried to grow Mulberry trees
  for silkworms.

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Archaeology

• Jefferson was Americas first scientific
  arahaeologist. Today modern archaeologists are
  uncovering artifacts from his birthplace,
  Shadwell.

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Slavery

• Because Jefferson had several large southern
  plantations, he owned hundreds of slaves.

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Declaration of Independence

• When only a young man of thirty-three, Jefferson
  was called upon by the Continental Congress to
  write the Declaration of Independence.

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President of the United States

• Jefferson was elected the third president of the
  United States by one vote after several electoral
  ballots. He disliked Washington, D.C., and never
  returned after his presidency.

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Louisiana Purchase
During his presidency Jefferson doubled the size
of the United States when he bought the Louisiana
Territory from Napolean in France.
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Father of a University

• Jefferson believed in public education for all
  and devoted his last years and much of his
  fortune to building and founding the University
  of Virginia.

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July 4, 1826

• Jefferson died on the 50th birthday of the
  Declaration of Independence. His last words
  were, Adams still lives. John Adams died the
  same day.

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Epithet

• Author of the Declaration of Independence
• Author of the Virginia Statute for Religious
  Freedom
• Founder of the University of Virginia