Thomas Jefferson was born in 1743 in Virginia and had a large family. He received his early education through private tutors before attending the College of William and Mary. Jefferson later became a lawyer and was elected as a burgess in Virginia. He wrote the Declaration of Independence and served as the third President of the United States from 1800 to 1809. During his career, Jefferson made important accomplishments such as authoring the Declaration of Independence, making the Louisiana Purchase to double the size of the U.S., and founding the University of Virginia.

1. Thomas Jefferson
By: Nathaniel Redwood Finley

2. Birth and Early Life
Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13,1743 in Albemarle, Virginia. His father,
Peter Jefferson, named the house Shadwell. The Jeffersons lived there for two
years after Thomas was born. They moved to Tuckahoe, a large tobacco farm.
Thomas had eight siblings. When Thomas was nine the Jeffersons moved back to
Shadwell.
Tuckahoe

3. Education
In Tuckahoe there was a one
room school house that, at age
five, Thomas took his first
lessons from a private teacher
that his father hired. When he
was nine, he went to Dover
Creek to learn Greek and Latin
for five years. He attended the
College of William and Mary in
1760, at age sixteen.

4. Adult Life and Career
Thomas was a lawyer. He was then
elected a burgess, or an elected
representative, in 1768. He married
Martha Skelton in 1772. He wrote
the Declaration of Independence in
1775. He was elected governor of
Virginia in 1779 and 1780. Thomas
also wrote a book called Notes on
Virginia which was published in
1785. He was the 3rd president of
the U.S from 1800 to 1809.

5. Accomplishments
Thomas had many
accomplishments. During his
first term as president he
bought 828,000 sq. miles of
land from France, or the
Louisiana Purchase. He got a
gold medal from the
Agricultural Society of Paris for
making a plow out of
moldboard. It moved easier. He
wrote the Declaration of
Independence. He was the 3rd
president of the U.S.
The Louisiana Purchase

6. Impact on the World and Date of Death
Thomas wrote the Declaration of
Independence to free the colonies from
England. That had impact of making the
U.S.A an independent country. By making
the Louisiana Purchase he doubled the size
of the U.S, giving Americans more room to
farm. Thomas also founded the University of
Virginia in 1819 and which had the impact of
having a college for people to go to.
Thomas Jefferson sadly died on July 4,
1826,at age 83, 50 years after he signed the
Declaration of Independence.
The University of Virginia