1743-1826

Thomas Jefferson

ACHIEVEMENTS The President of the United

States (1801–1809) The author of the United

States Declaration of Independence (1776)

Served in the Continental Congress

A wartime Governor of Virginia (1779–1781)

The first United States Secretary of State (1790–1793)

Organized the Democratic-Republican Party

Founded the University of Virginia (1819)

’ We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are

endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness’

The Declaration of Independence (1776)

The First Barbary War May 10, 1801

The Louisiana Purchase 1803 Lewis and Clark Expedition

Native American Policy

Embargo (1807)

The University of Virginia (1819)

HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON

AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE

OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

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