Thomas Jefferson

Our President Thomas

Jefferson
 Are #3 president Mr. Jefferson has a
great history. He was famous for his
face carved in Mt. Rushmore. He
was are president that died on July
4, 1826, the same day that former
president, John Adams died. July 4th
is now a holiday that includes
fireworks. He was Democratic-
Republican. He was 6 feet 2 ½
inches tall. He also wrote the
document, the Declaration of
Independence and you will hear
more about it in this Power point.
 The Birth Of Thomas
Jefferson
 Thomas Jefferson was born
on April 13, 1743 in Virginia.
His father Peter Jefferson
had built a wooden farm
house where his family could
live. He name the house
Shadwell after the danger
and perishing in London and
his wife Jane Jefferson got
christened. He owned more
then a 1,000 Acers of land.
Tom had 2 sisters and 1
brother.
 Tom’s Education
 For Tom’s school,
his dad sent him to
a private school
with a private tutor.
After that he was
sent to a school in
Norway. He lived
there for 5 years
and only came back
on the holidays. He
learned how to
speak Latin French
and Greek.
 A Sad Day
When Tom was 14 , his
father died at a age of 50.
For Toms inheritance He got
5 parcels of land, 50 horses,
21 slaves, education, and a
well-worn book of
Shakespeare.
 A New School For Tom
 For School He went to
Reverend James Maury . The
Reverend taught 5 students. 1 of
them was Dabney Carr. They
immediately became friends, but
then Tom asked himself what to
do with his life so he went to
college. After that hen
graduated. While he was in
college, he drew his plans for
his dream mansion Monticello.
 The Government
 A few years later Tom was
working with the government.
He also met Mary Skelton and
got married. The Congress was
working on the document they
called the Declaration of
Independence and they chose
Tom to write it. So he wrote it in
17 days. When He grew ranks.
He became vice president.
 Monticello
Finally Monticello,
the mansion was done
being built. This
would be Tom’s new
home. He also heard
that his sister got
married to his friend
Dabney Carr.
 The Declaration Of
Independence
The Congress was working
on a document called the
Declaration of
Independence. They
recognized Tom as a
excellent writer. So he
wrote in 17 days and when
he turned it he grew ranks,
he turned into vice
president to John Adams
The Declaration of
Independence is now one
of the most famous
documents in the United
Vice President -President
 When Tom
was vice
president
there was
almost going
to be a
election, plus
there was a
threat of war
on France.
Tom won the
election and
also designed
the Lewis and
 Passing Away

Tom was growing old and

was going to die soon. It
was also almost the
anniversary of the
Declaration of
Independence. So the exact
thing happened. Tom died
on July 4th 1826. That was
the life of Thomas Jefferson.