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Thomas Jefferson

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created

equal…”All photos used by permission from the Library of Congress/American Memory Collection

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Early Life and Experience

• Attended College of William and Mary

• Virginia Representative in Congress

• Wrote the Declaration of Independence

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Collection

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Early Life and Experience

• Served as Governor of Virginia

• Ambassador to France

• Secretary of State for George Washington

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Presidential Facts• 3rd President of the

United States• Democratic-

Republican party• Served two terms in

office (1801-1809)• First President

inaugurated in Washington, D.C.

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The Louisiana Purchase (1803)

• U.S. buys land from France

• Total cost $15 million

• Land from Mississippi River to Rockies

• Lewis and Clark sent to explore All photos used by permission from the Library of

Congress/American Memory Collection

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Jefferson and Trade

• Tried to keep U.S. neutral

• Enacted Embargo Act & Non-Intercourse Act

• Acts hurt U.S. economy

• Both acts repealed

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Marbury vs. Madison

• Jefferson refuses to appoint Adams’s judge

• Court says he doesn’t have to

• Court rules Congress violated Constitution

• Supreme Court gets “Judicial Review” power

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Other facts• Born in 1743• Died on July 4,

1826• Died exactly 50

years after Declaration

• Died same day as John Adams All photos used by permission from the

Library of Congress/American Memory Collection

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Other facts• Architect –built

his home Monticello

• Founded the University of Virginia

• Renowned Inventor

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Resources

• http://memory.loc.gov

• www.whitehouse.gov

• www.monticello.org

• www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/jeffpap.html

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