(, May 29 BingXu), July 4, 1826, the death of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.


Jefferson, the President of the United States during the War of Independence, one of the main representatives of the bourgeois democrats, anti-federal party founder. Born in 1743 in the Virginia plantation owners family. In 1762, graduated from Williams College in Maryland. The Virginia Communications Commission organized in 1773 and Henry et al ,1775-1776 to attend the Second Continental Congress to promote independent thinking, one of the drafters of the Declaration of Independence. Former Governor of Virginia, Minister to France. 1789-1793, he served as United States Secretary of State. 1797-1801 vice president. Was elected president in 1800. Advocate of national independence, uphold the doctrine of natural rights, that the members of the society have the right to rebel against a tyrant to revolution. Oppose a property qualification, to protect small-scale peasant economy. Prohibit the black slave trade, but had to repression the Gabe Switzerland slave uprising. [L $ dj��.c��m] presidential term of office is also much larger than 13 states in the United States purchased from France the Louisiana territory, bordering the U.S. southwest border with Mexico. Created the University of Virginia, 1816-1825 and Rector. Death in 1826. [On www.TodayOnHistory.com] now his residence to Monticello and the University of Virginia is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage recorded. His major works include "Virginia Chronicle.