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| 1743 | Thomas Jefferson born on April 13, 1743, at Shadwell, Goochland (now called Albemarle) County, Virginia. |
| 1760-1762 | Was educated at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. He later studied law privately. |
| 1767 | Began practicing law. |
| 1769 | Construction on Monticello began; Monticello was the house that Jefferson designed and lived in most of his life. |
| 1772 | Married Martha Wayles Skelton (she died in 1782, after giving birth to their sixth child, Lucy Elizabeth). |
| 1775 | While a delegate to the Continental Congress, Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence (it was amended by Benjamin Franklin and other committee members). |
| 1776 | Entered the Virginia House of Delegates, where he fought for the separation of church and state. |
| 1779 | Jefferson became the Governor of Virginia, but abdicated his second term in 1781 after the British (led by the turncoat Benedict Arnold) invaded Virginia. |
| 1783 | Elected to congress. |
| 1785 | Appointed Minister to France (replacing Benjamin Franklin). |
| 1789 | Appointed Secretary of State by President George Washington, but he resigned on Dec. 31, 1793. |
| 1796 | Jefferson elected Vice-President of the USA (John Adams was the President and his opponent in the election). |
| 1800 | Jefferson elected President of the USA. |
| 1803 | Louisiana Purchase - large western territory bought from France (Napoleon). |
| 1804 | Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to map the newly-acquired western US territory (they returned in 1806). |
| 1804 | Jefferson re-elected President of the USA. |
| 1809 | Jefferson retired from elected office and returned to Monticello (in Virginia). |
| 1819 | Founded the University of Virginia. |
| 1826 | Jefferson died at Monticello on July 4, 1826. |
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