Thomas Jefferson lived in Eastern Virginia. In Virginia he learned to dance and behave like an English gentleman. Thomas Jefferson was tall and thin but he was very smart. At the age 14 his father became ill then his father died. So he set off to get married Martha Wayles Skelton in Charles City County, Virginia in 1748, Martha Wayles Skelton married Thomas Jefferson on New Year's Day in 1772. Martha tragically died at the age of of 33, On September 6, 1781—20 years before Thomas Jefferson was elected president. He never married again. They had 6 children but only 2 grew up, the others died young.
Thomas Jefferson was a planter, surveyor and an architect. He inherited a large estate from his father. He started to build his home Monticello when he was 26 years old. Monticello means little mountain in Italian. Thomas Jefferson inherited 200 slaves from his father and Martha ´s father. He freed 7 slaves. 2 when he was alive and 5 in his will.
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He was our third president of the United States of America (1801- 1809). His last public service was founding the University of Virginia at the age of 76. Thomas Jefferson was also a member of Congress, Governor of Virginia, Trade Commissioner, Minister to France and Secretary of State. When Thomas was president he bought the Louisiana Territory and supported the Lewis and Clark expedition.
During the Revolutionary War, Thomas Jefferson was in the Virginia House of Delegates, It is when he was elected governor and when his wife Martha died. Thomas wrote a set of resolutions that would be in his first published work. It was called A Summary View of the Rights of British America. This document made Jefferson a respected