Lenora Spahn
9/22/00
Thomas Jefferson
I. Thomas Jefferson
A. Born- April 13, 1743 in Shadwell, Va.
B. Died- July 4, 1826
II. Background
A. Educational- College of William and Mary (1760-1762), 5 year apprenticeship
studying law under George Wythe.
B. Occupational-
1. Began to practice law on his own: representing small scale planters from
western countries involving land claims and titles.
2. House of Burgesses, elected 1768: Opposed all forms of Parliamentary
taxation and supprted nonimportation resolutions against British trade
regulations.
3. Committee of Correspondence, 1773: Served as a makeshift Central
Government for colonies and advocated that colonies refuse to pay any duty
leveled by Parliament.
4. Virginia Convention in Richmond Virginia, 1775: Virginia, the largest colony
decided towards liberty for......
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