1801-1809 president thomas jefferson
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1801-1809 President
Thomas JeffersonBy Conor Evans
Facts about Jefferson
• Born in Shadwell 1943
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• Went to William and Mary College from 1760-62
• IN 1772 Jefferson married Maartha Wayles Skelton
• They had a kid named Martha
Jefferson's politics
1768 elected to house of Burgesses.
1779-1781 Served as governor for Virginia
1783 elected a delegate of congress
1784-1789 was a commissioner and minister in France
1790-1793 served as the first secretary of state
1997-1801 served as Vice President for John Adams
1801-1809 was President of the United States
JEFFERSON'S FIRST TERM
• Got rid of army and Navy expenditures• Cut budgets• Eliminated tax on whiskey (unpopular in the west, but cut the
debt by a third)• Claimed new landform Napoleon in 1803 (Louisiana) 15 million dollars• Fought Barbary Pirates.• http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=92268
Jefferson’s Second Term Had to try to stop Napoleonic wars
England and France interfered
This put American merchants neutral rights at risk.
After politics
• Jefferson retired in 1809• Monticello was his house name• When he saved up enough money he funded the University of Virginia
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