2. By Conor Evans

3. Facts about Jefferson Born in Shadwell 1943 http://maps.google.com/?ll=38.012563,- 78.396217&spn=0.005165,0.007135&t=h&z=17 Went to William and Mary College from 1760-62 IN 1772 Jefferson married Maartha Wayles Skelton They had a kid named Martha

4. 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

5. JEFFERSON'S FIRST TERM Got rid of army and Navy expenditures Cut budgets Cut budgets Eliminated tax on whiskey (unpopular in the west, but cut the debt by a third) Eliminated tax on whiskey (unpopular in the west, but cut the debt by a third) Claimed new landform Napoleon in 1803 Claimed new landform Napoleon in 1803 (Louisiana) 15 million dollars Fought Barbary Pirates. Fought Barbary Pirates. http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=92268 http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=92268 http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=92268

7. After politics Jefferson retired in 1809 Monticello was his house name When he saved up enough money he funded the University of Virginia