THOMAS JEFFERSON

BACKGROUND Info

• Born on April 13, 1743
• 3rd President of the United States
• He was a official, historian, philosopher, and plantation owner.
• His classes were science, mathematics, rhetoric, philosophy, and literature.
• He married Matha Wayles Skelton and lived for 10 years.

More Background

• In a typical year, he owned 200 slaves.
• Almost half of them were under 16.
• He was the member of the Continental Congress.
• He was chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence
• He was the first Secretary of State 1789-1794.

About His Life

• He was the second Vice President of the U.S.
• He found Martha especially attractive because of her education and music
• He was a very smart man who knew what he was doing.
• Hi lived in Monticello, located near Charlottesville, Virginia.
• He was the statesman responsible for the Louisiana Purchase

From March 4th 1801-march 4th, 1809.
He carried out the "Revolution of 1800."
:As he attempted to put into action the principles of his democratic-republican party.

In domestic affairs Jefferson tried to weaken Federalist influences, especially in the judiciary, and succeeded in limiting the size of government by reducing taxes and the national debt.

The United States tried to remain neutral in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars that engulfed Europe. The war's effects reached throughout the Atlantic.

While remaining "neutral," from early 1802 Jefferson allowed contraband goods and arms to reach Saint-Domingue during its slave rebellion and refused financial credit to France, aiding the slave and mulatto resistance that achieved independence in 1804.