1. By Wesley Kane

3. Hi Tatem, I am
Thomas Jefferson

4. ¨ Where:
¡ Shadwell Virginia
¨ When
¡ April 13, 1743

5. ¨ Thomas’s dad died when he was 14.
¨ He left him books, a farm, and slaves.
¨ Thomas did not like slavery, and spent his life
fighting against it.

6. "Under the law of
nature, all men are
born free, every one
comes into the world
with a right to his own
person.”

7. ¨ Thomas went to William and Mary College and
studied Law.

8. ¨ Thomas was a farmer.
¨ Thomas was an inventor, he invented the swivel
chair!
¨ Thomas was the Governor of Virginia.
¨ Thomas was Secretary of State and Vice President.
¨ Thomas was the third President of the United
States.

9. ¨ He Built Monticello, which means little mountain

10. ¨ You see Monticello on the back of a nickel.

11. ¨ He wrote the
Declaration of
Independence.

12. ¨ The signing of the Declaration of Independence
is on the back of the $2 bill

13. I am on the front, I
call them Thomas
Bucks!

14. ¨ Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase,
and bought much of the USA from France.

15. ¨ He was the founder the University of Virginia

16. ¨ He helped America become a free country!

17. ¨ He died July 4th, 1826.
¨ Cause of death is unknown.

18. ¨ He carved his
own gravestone.
¨ It never mentions
that he was the
Third President of
the United States
of America.