https://padlet.com/bgray5508/ragn519thd5e Biography en-us 2019-11-21 15:38:43 UTC 2019-11-22 15:53:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fa-1f1f2.png bgray5508 https://padlet.com/bgray5508/ragn519thd5e/wish/414726345 1743-1826
3rd President of the United States of America]]> 2019-11-21 15:43:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bgray5508/ragn519thd5e/wish/414726345 bgray5508 https://padlet.com/bgray5508/ragn519thd5e/wish/414728237 Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 just outside of Charlottesville, VA, at the Shadwell Plantation.

Jefferson was born into one of Virginia's elite families. His father was a farmer and cartographer. He created the first accurate map of Virginia.

Jefferson's childhood hobbies included playing in the woods, playing the violin, and reading. At age nine, Jefferson began his formal education at a local private school.]]> 2019-11-21 15:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bgray5508/ragn519thd5e/wish/414728237 bgray5508 https://padlet.com/bgray5508/ragn519thd5e/wish/414740769 Jefferson eventually left home to study at the College of William and Mary, in Virginia's capital of Williamsburg.

]]> 2019-11-21 16:00:03 UTC https://padlet.com/bgray5508/ragn519thd5e/wish/414740769 bgray5508 https://padlet.com/bgray5508/ragn519thd5e/wish/414742495 Jefferson read law under lawyer George Wythe. After a rigorous five-year course, Jefferson was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1767.]]> 2019-11-21 16:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/bgray5508/ragn519thd5e/wish/414742495 bgray5508 https://padlet.com/bgray5508/ragn519thd5e/wish/414748696 During his years as a lawyer, Jefferson met and fell in love with Martha Wayles Skelton, one of the wealthiest women in Virginia. They married on January 1, 1772. Thomas and Martha had six children, only two of which (Martha and Mary) survived to adulthood.]]> 2019-11-21 16:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bgray5508/ragn519thd5e/wish/414748696 bgray5508 https://padlet.com/bgray5508/ragn519thd5e/wish/414755312 Thomas Jefferson was elected President on February 17, 1801, and served two terms, lasting until 1809. Jefferson represented the Democratic-Republican party. His Vice Presidents were Aaron Burr (1801-1805) and George Clinton (1805-1809).

Before his presidency, the country was under federalist control with president John Adams.

Jefferson's presidential goals were in opposition to Alexander Hamilton and the Federalists' plans to expand the power of the central government.]]> 2019-11-21 16:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bgray5508/ragn519thd5e/wish/414755312 bgray5508 https://padlet.com/bgray5508/ragn519thd5e/wish/414788091 Thomas Jefferson's most significant accomplishment as President was the Louisiana Purchase (1803). For $15 million, he acquired land stretching from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mountains, previously owned by Napoleonic France. Along with this, Jefferson reduced taxes, government spending, and the national debt, and repealed the Alien and Sedition Acts.]]> 2019-11-21 16:56:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bgray5508/ragn519thd5e/wish/414788091 bgray5508 https://padlet.com/bgray5508/ragn519thd5e/wish/414794013 - Thomas Jefferson is the primary author the Declaration of Independence.
- Jefferson constructed his house, Monticello, in Charlottesville, VA.
-Jefferson was the 2nd Vice President of the United States.
-Jefferson served as the 1st Secretary of State of the United States, under President George Washington.]]> 2019-11-21 17:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bgray5508/ragn519thd5e/wish/414794013 bgray5508 https://padlet.com/bgray5508/ragn519thd5e/wish/415323872 2019-11-22 15:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/bgray5508/ragn519thd5e/wish/415323872 bgray5508 https://padlet.com/bgray5508/ragn519thd5e/wish/415331512 (no campaign slogan)]]> 2019-11-22 15:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/bgray5508/ragn519thd5e/wish/415331512