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By: Gianna, Balyn, and Asher
Who Was Thomas Jefferson?
Who Was Thomas Jefferson?
Farmer
Successful plantation owner and surveyor
Minister to France
Member in the House of Burgesses
The first Secretary of State
Politician
Virginia lawyer
Vice President to John Adams
Close friends with James Madison
Enemies with Alexander Hamilton
3rd president in 1801
Martha Wayles Sketton
Martha Wayles Sketton
She was the wife of Thomas Jefferson.
Together they had 6 kids.
They lived on a plantation named Monticello.
She died 19 years before Jefferson became president.
Third cousin of Jefferson.
Monticello Plantation
Monticello Plantation
Thomas Jefferson's childhood home.
Plantation to over 600 hundred slaves in his lifetime.
Thomas Jefferson had a pet mockingjay!
Thomas Jefferson was a wine aficionado!
Thomas Jefferson was a paleontologist before they were pronounced as an occupation!
Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd of 10 kids!
Successes and Failures
Successes and Failures
The biggest success in Thomas Jefferson's presidency was the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon. This more than doubled the size of the United States! With the success of Lewis and Clark's expedition, many people started moving westward. Another success of his happened before he was even president. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence! His biggest fiasco was the Embargo Act. This forbade the export and import of goods. This ended terribly and people hated it!
Strengths and Weaknesses
Strengths and Weaknesses
Refused to attend memorial services for George Washington
Leader of the Democratic- Republican Party
Supported French Alliance
Served in Virginia Assembly
Became the Governor of Virginia
Did not like Federalists
Owned slaves but fought for their freedom
Inventions of Thomas Jefferson
Inventions of Thomas Jefferson
Embargo Act
Forbid exporting and importing goods
Declaration of Independence
Declared freedom from Britian
Swivel Chair
Sat on it when he wrote the Declaration of Independence
Ice Cream
Delicious dessert
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase
Spain signed an earlier agreement to give Louisiana to France which made Jefferson worried. Jefferson made an offer to Napoleon to buy all of the land for $15 million. They agreed. Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark (The Lewis and Clark expedition) to explore the new lands and find trade routes through the Pacific. With the help of Sacagawea, Lewis and Clark made it to the Pacific and back home to report the tales of the west.
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