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Thomas Jefferson
1807 embargo cartoon
Drafted the Declaration of Independence; 1776
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1807 embargo cartoon
Navigating Trade – With Napoleon recently declaring war on Great Britain the United States was at an advantage and between 1803 and 1807, total U.S. exports jumped from $66.5 million to $102.2 million.
1777 Unnamed son born and died.
The Louisiana Purchase 1803 – Jefferson didn’t want Emperor Napoleon and his dreams of world domination to have land right next door to them and Napoleon needed financing for a new war with England and Jefferson took this opportunity to buy the land from Napoleon. Land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.
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1797-1815: Served as president of the American Philosophical Society.
Mary "Maria" Jefferson Eppes, born on August 1, 1778. Mary Jefferson, was the younger of Thomas Jefferson's two daughters who survived infancy.
In October, the U.S. Senate ratified the purchase, and in December 1803 France transferred authority over the region to the United States.
1760-62
1776 - Elected to Virginia House of Delegates.
Appointed to revise Virginia laws.
Thomas Todd, Seat 6, Virginia March 3, 1807. Activity ended on February 7, 1826
Married Martha Wayles Skelton on January the 1st and had a baby named Martha Jefferson Randolph. Born September 27, 1772 at Monticello, near Charlottesville, Virginia.
1797-1801: Served as United States Vice President.
Thomas Jefferson attended the College of William and Mary.
1784-89: In France as Commissioner and Minister
Thomas Jefferson was Born on April 13, 1743 in Shadwell.
1774 Retired from legal practice and Inherited 11,000 acres of land and 135 slaves from his father-in-law. Daughter Jane Randolph born but did not survive infancy.
Martha Wayles Skelton
Election of 1800 – Thomas Jefferson ran against John Adams in the presidential election of 1800. Along with his running mate Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson experienced a bitter rematch of the 1796 election. Thomas Jefferson emerged victorious with 73 Electoral College votes.
• War on the Judiciary 1801: Federalists v. Republicans – Jefferson was suspicious of the judges appointed by his predecessors. Jefferson moved to have judges as well as a justice impeached succeeding in getting John Pickering impeached but failing to get justice Samuel Chase impeached because of political manipulation.
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Election 1804 – In the 1804 election Thomas Jefferson was faced by Charles C. Pinckney. Jefferson with the help of his running mate George Clinton easily defeated Pinckney with astounding number of 162 Electoral College votes
Sold 6,700-volume library to Congress.
1783 - Elected delegate to Congress
1790-93: Served as first United States Secretary of State
Elected to the House of Burgesses, when he was 25, he served there from 1769-1774.
1775 Elected to Continental Congress.
1779-81 - Served as Governor of Virginia
Henry Brockholst Livingston, Seat 4, New York November 10, 1806. Activity ended on March 18, 1823
William Johnson, Seat 5, South Carolina March 26, 1804. Activity ended on August 4, 1834
Daughter Maria Jefferson Eppes died. April 17, 1804, Monticello, VA.
Foreign affairs
Burr Conspiracy 1804 – After getting into a duel with a mortally wounding Alexander Hamilton Vice President Aaron Burr was nationally discredited and disappeared. Later hearing reports that Burr was gathering men and attempting to steal the recently purchased land to the west Jefferson had Burr arrested and imprisoned.
Lewis and Clark Expeditions 1804 – After purchasing Louisiana the next step was to begin exploring what was mostly unknown land. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark embarked on the expedition and returned after nearly 2 and a half years.