April 13, 1743 March 19 (Guihai years), the birth of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States. April

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Jefferson childhood love of learning. 9 years old, he is learning under the guidance of the pastor Greece , Latin and French. because he studied hard and assiduously to 16-year-old, he has been able to read foreign original writings in 1760 ($ dj��.c��m) Jefferson - William and Mary College in Williamsburg learning two years, learning mathematics, rhetoric, philosophy and literature. Subsequently, he studied law for five years under the guidance of the American law professor George Wythe, Virginia solicitor in April 1767. vast knowledge after Jefferson political terms laid a solid foundation.
North American outbreak of the War of Independence, Jefferson attended the Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia in May 1775, the committee ordered to participate in the drafting of the Declaration of Independence. Committee members & mdash ; - John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman agreed that Jefferson was drafting the best candidate for the literature, because the writing is sharp and the reputation he enjoys, and he represents the most influential in the Southern colonies of Virginia. Later this Declaration modified after discussion, but the declaration was still significantly Jefferson's profound impact
and 1790 in Washington, the first president of the United States appointed Jefferson as the first Secretary of State of the United States , he formed the U.S. State Department and Jefferson in the 1796 presidential election, the number of votes after Adams was elected Vice President. although he does not like doing nothing as vice president, but he is still the only vice Upon completion of the two-term presidency President
1800 presidential campaign, Jefferson defeated President Adams was elected the 3rd president of the United States, people said Jefferson's victory was the 1800 revolution, because he marks the decline of federalism and the rise of republicanism he took office immediately after the abolition of many federal statutes annoying.
Jefferson during his tenure, (l $ j��.c��) he sent for going to France talks to buy New Orleans and West Florida was Napoleon with Britain combat, war funding urgently needed, so I agreed to the conditions, the sale of large tracts of land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. were real estate transactions, bargaining, and finally sold for 3 cents an acre of price, known to history as "purchase Louise Ana event ". cases trading the territory of the United States has doubled at the same time, (history cn) Jefferson also sent Lewis - Clark Expedition survey of the northwest region of the United States now. 1805 on March 4, Jefferson was re-elected President of the United States, signed a law prohibiting the importation of slaves from abroad.
years 1809, Jefferson fame after the retreat back to the Monticello admitted to the housing of their own design, he retired after the biggest desire is to create the University of Virginia, he personally guided the construction, development of curricula, selection of faculty, and served as a university president. opening of the University of Virginia in 1825. ($ dj��.c��m)
1826 7 4 12 45 points when Jefferson suffering from rheumatism and prostate enlargement, passed away after several rescue invalid He was buried in the family cemetery. (L $ dj��.����T) on his own design headstone engraved with the following humble epitaph : "Thomas Jefferson," the drafters of the Declaration of Independence, Virginia religions of the drafters of the Act, the creation of the University of Virginia people buried here (lssjt.cn) "