EDUCATION 1762-1767 College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia WORK EXPERIEINCE 1767 Lawyer 1769-1774 Delegate, House of Burgesses, Williamsburg, Virginia 1775-1776 Delegate, Continental Congress 1776-1779 House of Delegates, General Assembly of Virginia 1779-1781 Governor, State of Virginia 1783-1784 Delegate, Continental Congress 1784-1789 United States Minister to France 1790-1793 Secretary of State, United States of America 1800-1809 President, United States of America ACHIEVEMENTS 1774 Author, A Summary View of the Rights of British Americans 1776 Author, Declaration of Independence 1776 Abolished Entail 1785 Author, Notes on the State of Virginia 1785 Abolished Primogeniture 1986 Passed Freedom of Religion Bill 1794 Built a Nail Factory 1803 Implementer, Louisiana Purchase 1819 Founded University of Virginia, Charlottesville PERSONAL INTERESTS Architect: Monticello, Federal City District of Columbia, Virginia State Capitol, and University of Virginia Inventor: Docks, Urns, Curtains, Candlesticks, Wheel Ciphers, Sun Dials, The Great Clock, Low Resistance Moldboards, Portable Copying Presses, Polygraph, Mechanical Dumb Waiters, Revolving Book Stands, Hanging Alcove Beds, Revolving Chairs |
| THOMAS JEFFERSON Monticello Charlottesville, Virginia |