Thomas+Jefferson

"thomas jefferson." __ameslab.net__ january 26,2009 http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/tjefferson.html.
 * He served as the governor of Virginia.
 * He served as the U.S. minister to France
 * He seved as secretary of state under George Washington
 * He served as Vice president in the administration of John Adams
 * He served as the president of the united states from 1801 to 1809
 * Brief retirement, devoted himself to farm and family
 * Founded the Unviversity of west Virginia
 * On tombstone, no mention off offices
 * Tombstone had "was author of dec. of independence", statue of virginia for religious freedom, father of the university of virginia
 * reputation began to reach when he wrote a summary view of the rights of British America
 * had six children, only two survived adulthood
 * doi was amended after consultation with benjamin franklin and John Adams
 * Proposal to abolish primogeniture
 * 1783 was again seated in congress
 * charged with failure to provide adequite defense of richmond.
 * When he was president: taxes were reduced, military budget was cut, alien and sedition acts were permited to lapse, and plans were made to extinguish its public debth
 * The louisiana purchase capped his achievements
 * 1804, he swept all states except connecticut and delaware
 * in final 17 years of life, his bigges accomplishment was founding of the university of virginia in charlottesville
 * he died on the 50th anniversity of the decleration of independence


 * Belote, Thom. "Thomas Jefferson." __25.uaa__. .org. 30 Jan 2009 .
 * known the world over as the priciple author
 * author of bill for religious freedom instituting seperation of church and state in virginia
 * 3rd president of the USA
 * commisioned the lewis and clark expedition
 * persuaded congress to fund the louisiana purchase.
 * protected crucial trade interests by making war with the barbary states.
 * invented the dumbwaiter
 * invented a machine that duplicates handwriting.
 * one book of authorship was published in his lifetime " notes on Virginia"
 * famous for his garden
 * five of his six children died prematurely
 * never joined a unitarian church
 * earliest writings on religion exhibit a natural theology
 * considered jesus teacher of sublime and flawless ethic
 * wrote about concerning about slaves.
 * yet he never freed his slaves.
 * much attentions was his alleged sexuall relations with his mixed slaves.
 * legal slavery was ended in the 1960's
 * attended unitarian services
 * his beloved wife dies at a young age
 * born april 13 1743
 * died july 4th 1826

"Thomas jefferson biography." __[|www.biography.com]__. .com. 2 Feb 2009 .
 * bron in albermarle county
 * father was a self educated surveyer
 * earliest memory was at 3 yrs old, was carried on a pillow by a mounted slave when family moved from shadwell to tuckahoe
 * father died in 1757
 * was a very obsessive student
 * spent 15 hours with his books
 * spent 3 hours practicing his violin
 * and the left over six hours eating and sleeping
 * big influences were william small and george wyth
 * william small was a scottish born teacher of math and science
 * george wyth was the leading legal scholar in virginia.
 * he was a shy and extremely serious young man
 * built his home on a 867 foot mountain
 * named that mountain monticello
 * stood as a candidate for the house of burgesses
 * wrote a summary view of the rights of america, it was quickly published
 * in american history june 20 1775
 * shyness prevented him from playing a role in debates
 * got the name the principal author in the 1990's
 * caught off guard 1780 and the state was completely defencless

"brief biogrpahy of thomas jefferson." __www.monticello.org__. .org. 3 Feb 2009 http://www.monticello.org/jefferson/biography.html.


 * author of statue of virginia for religious freedom
 * historian, philosopher and plantation officer
 * inherited slaves from father and father in law
 * he never remarried
 * freed 2 slaves in his lifetime
 * attended college of william and mary
 * left congress in 1776
 * in 1790 accepted secretary of state under george washington
 * lost to john adams by 3 electoral votes
 * 4 yrs later he became president
 * succeded as pres. in 1809
 * remained at monticello for the rest of his life
 * he designed the buildings of virginia
 * he planned its curriculum
 * and he served as its first rector
 * he was very optomistic
 * he died at the age of 83
 * was very good friends with john adams
 * on tombstone said the things he had given the people
 * he was the father of university of virginia

Spencer Cooper Period 4 February 5, 2009 Mr.Shupp Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was a very good influence on the world proven by him being the author of the Declaration of independence, his inventions, and signing the Louisiana Purchase. Thomas Jefferson was born April 14, 1743 in Albemarle County. He served in many offices. He served as the governor of Virginia, United States minister to France, secretary of state under George Washington, Vice President in the administration of John Adams, and then served as president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He founded the University of West Virginia. He is the author of the bill for religious freedom instituting the separation of church and state in Virginia. His earliest memory was at three years old, when Thomas Jefferson was carried on a pillow by a mounted slave when the family moved from Shadwell to Tuckahoe. Thomas Jefferson wrote about having concern about slaves but yet he never freed any of his. Thomas Jefferson is the author of the declaration of independence. He is known to the world as the principal author. He is the author of the bill of rights instituting the separation of the church and state in Virginia. He wrote a prompt that is famous called “ the notes on Virginia”. His wife died at a very young age. His father was a self educated surveyor. He got 5,000 acres of land from his father. He got a very good social standing from his mother. Jefferson built his own home on top of a hill. Jefferson named that hill Monticello. Thomas Jefferson was very, very well known for his plantation. When Jefferson had kids, five of the six died prematurely. After his wife died he never remarried. Jefferson died on the 50th anniversary of the declaration of independence. His father died in 1857. He was a shy, optimistic, and extremely serious young man. In Jefferson’s average day he spends fifteen hours reading books, three hours practicing his violin, and the rest eating at sleeping. He attended the college of William and Mary. He inherited slaves from his father – in – law. Thomas Jefferson is the author of the declaration of independence. He wrote the declaration between June 11, and June 28 of 1776. It is the nation’s most cherished symbol of liberty. Thomas Jefferson expressed the convictions in the minds and hearts of the American people. July fourth, known as Independence Day, was the day congress approved the declaration of independence. The approved declaration was printed on July fifth. Jefferson wrote the declaration of independence when he was thirty three years old. Jefferson wrote in the declaration of independence the grievances of King George III including stuff like taxation without representation, maintaining a standing army in peace time, dissolving houses of representatives, and hiring “ large armies of foreign mercenaries “. Jefferson was aiming to write a persuasive writing, not a historical text. The declaration has been compared to a lawyer’s grief. Thomas Jefferson was also an inventor. He invented a plow for your garden. It digs deeper than the two or three inches you can get down with an original wooden plow. The plows were specifically made for downhill side plowing. The plows were mostly based off of mathematical formulas which helped facilitate their duplication and improvement. While serving the administer to France, Jefferson acquired a taste for continental cooking. When he returned to the United States he brought with him a French cook, and many recipes for French, Italian, and au courant cookery. So he made a new invention called the macaroni machine. Because of this trip he was dishing out a whole bunch of foreign dishes. Thomas Jefferson also made a dumbwaiter for wine. The dumbwaiter can carry the wine from floor to floor. One of Jefferson’s most visible inventions is the great clock. It dominates the entrance hall of Monticello. Jefferson also invented the revolving bookstand, the pedometer, the plow moldboard, and the copying machine. He did not make an attempt to paten some of his inventions because he believed that the inventions were for the good of the people and not for the good of the inventor. That is some background information on Thomas Jefferson being an inventor of his time. The Louisiana Purchase capped his achievements. Jefferson considered the Louisiana Purchase one of his greatest achievements. It was very complicated involving power, politics, intrigue, and suspicion. The French territory called it Louisiana. It went from New Orleans, up the Mississippi river to modern day Montana. Victorious British received the eastern portion of the huge colony. The Louisiana Purchase is declared the biggest real estate deal in history. The United States government purchased the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon 1 of France for 60 million francs, or about 15 million dollars. 11,250,000 dollars was paid directly, the rest was paid off by the French debt to the Unites States citizens. The Louisiana treaty was on April 30, 1803. Spencer J. Cooper Mr. Shupp English 10 17 February 2009 Thomas Jefferson During this time period there were plantation owners and slaves. Slaves were very popular to have. The blacks and the whites still have not come to complete peace. Peace in the world would be really nice at this time. They needed something like the declaration of independence. This is where Thomas Jefferson comes in. Thomas Jefferson was a very good influence on the world proven by him being the author of the declaration of independence, which gave us freedom, his inventions that made life easier, and achieving the Louisiana Purchase, giving more land to the United States. Thomas Jefferson was born April 14, 1743 in Albemarle County (Thomas Jefferson). He served in many offices in his lifetime. He served as the governor of Virginia, United States minister to France, secretary of state under George Washington, Vice President in the administration of John Adams, and finally president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (Thomas Jefferson). He founded the University of West Virginia. His earliest memory was at three years old when Jefferson was carried on a pillow by a mounted slave when the family moved from Shadwell to Tuckahoe (Jefferson Biography). Thomas Jefferson is the author of the Declaration of Independence, which gave us freedom. He is known to the world as the principal author. Thomas Jefferson also is the author of the bill of rights instituting the separation of church in Virginia (Thomas Jefferson). His wife died at a very young age. His father was a self educated surveyor (Jefferson Biography). When his father died he got five thousand acres of land from him. Jefferson got a very good social standing from his mother. Jefferson built his own home on top of a hill. He named that hill Monticello (Jefferson Biography). He was very well known for his plantation. When Jefferson had kids five of the six died prematurely (Thomas Jefferson). After his wife died he never remarried. Jefferson died on the fiftieth anniversary of the declaration of independence (Thomas Jefferson). He was a shy, optimistic and extremely serious young man. In his average day he spent fifteen hours reading books, three hours practicing his violin, and the rest eating and sleeping (Jefferson Biography). Thomas Jefferson is the author of the declaration of independence. It is the most cherished symbol of liberty (declaration). He wrote the declaration between June 11, and June 28 of 1776 (declaration). He expressed the convictions in the minds and hearts of the American people (declaration). The fourth of July, known as Independence Day, was the day congress approved the declaration of independence. The approved declaration was printed July fifth (declaration). Jefferson wrote the declaration of independence when he was thirty years old (declaration). The declaration was written of the grievances of King George III, including stuff like taxation, maintaining a standing army, dissolving House of Representatives, and hiring large armies of foreign mercenaries (declaration). Jefferson was aiming to write a persuasive writing, not a historical text (declaration). Jefferson was also an inventor. One of his inventions was a plow for your garden. It digs down deeper than the very short two or three inches you can dig with an original plow (inventions). This plow was specifically made for downhill side plowing (inventions). This plow created by Thomas Jefferson was based off mathematical formulas which helped facilitate their duplication and improvement (inventions). While serving the Administer of France, Jefferson acquired a taste for continental cooking (inventions). When he returned to the United States he brought with him French cook, and many French recipes (inventions). Because of this he made a new invention called the macaroni machine. Because of this trip and invention he was giving out a whole bunch of new foreign dishes. Jefferson also made a dumbwaiter made specifically for wine (inventions). A dumbwaiter is a little elevator like mechanism that caries stuff from floor to floor, for example, wine. One of Jefferson’s most visible inventions is the great clock (inventions). It dominates the entrance hall of Monticello, which is the mountain Jefferson built his house upon (inventions). Some other inventions of Jefferson include the revolving bookstand, the pedometer, the plow moldboard, and the copying machine (inventions). He did not put a paten on a few of his inventions because he believed his inventions were for the good of the people, not for the good of the inventor by getting rich and famous (inventions). The Louisiana Purchase capped his achievements. Jefferson considered the Louisiana Purchase one of his greatest achievements (Louisiana). This was very complicated and involved power, politics, intrigue, and suspicion (Louisiana). The French territory named it Louisiana (Louisiana). It went from New Orleans, up the Mississippi river, to modern day Montana (Louisiana). Victorious British received the eastern portion of the huge colony (Louisiana). The United States Government purchased the Louisiana territory from Napoleon of France for sixty million francs, or fifteen million dollars (Louisiana). The Louisiana treaty was on the thirtieth of April in 1803. Thomas Jefferson really influences the world in a good way because the declaration of independence gave everyone in the United States freedom. His inventions because they brought new things to the people, made it easier, and brought stuff teaching the United States about other cultures. And the Louisiana purchase because it gave the United States a whole other area of land.  Works Cited  -  Thomas Jefferson." __ameslab.net__ January 26, 2009 http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/tjefferson.html.   -   Belote, Thom. "Thomas Jefferson." __25.uaa__. .org. 30 Jan 2009 .   -   Thomas Jefferson biography." __[|www.biography.com]__. .com. 2 Feb 2009 . -  brief biography of Thomas Jefferson." __www.monticello.org__. .org. 3 Feb 2009 http://www.monticello.org/jefferson/biography.html.   -    "Louisiana Purchase." __gatewayno__. .com. 17 Feb 2009 <   [|www.gatewayno.com]     -    "The Declaration of Independence." __geocities__. .com. 18 Feb 2009    http://www.geocities.com/thaioldsoldier/us_decla.htm     -    "Inventions of Thomas Jefferson." __storis63__. .com. 18 Feb 2009    http://storis63.tripod.com/jefferson2a.html