THOMAS JEFFERSON

EDUCATION

• He had a strong education in many subjects.
• He was a lawyer, architect, a skilled violinist
• He was a horseman, armature scientist, and an educated reader.

PASSIONS

• Jeffersons strongest passion was architecture
• This passion is shown in his home and the White House.
• He studied about classical Roman and Greek architecture.
• Another one of his passions was reading.
• He had a great collection of books that is now the core of the library of congress.

BACKGROUND

• Jefferson had a strong education in his childhood.
• He learned about many subjects.
• He grew up on a plantation and studied for many years.
• He became a lawyer for eight years.

HOW IT INFLUENCED HIM

• His education in architecture showed in the design of his house.
• It was also showed in the design of the White House.
• Jefferson had a strong passion for farming.
• This influenced him him to settle more land for people to farm.
• He also did this to keep people from settling in cities.

PRESIDENCY

• He wanted to be like a normal everyday person.
• He walked the two blocks from his house to the capital.
• He banned the alien and sedition acts.
• Ended the federalist program.
• He had round tables in the capital so that nobody could sit at the head of the table.