Thomas+Jefferson

= Thomas Jefferson=

Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 he was the son of Peter Jefferson and Jane Randolph. Jefferson was the 3rd President of the United States and he was also the author of the Declaration of Independence.

Jefferson became the //Vice President// for John Adams in 1796 and he also became the President of the United States after Adams served his two terms in 1800.

 __Jefferson's Presidency__ The biggest thing Thomas Jefferson ever did when he was the President was purchase Louisiana in 1803. He wanted to control the Mississippi river because Napoleon and the Spanish had control of the mouth of the river. Since Spain had control over part of the river and it was near the growing colonies so Jefferson was thinking about becoming allies with the British.

__Declaration of Independence __ In 1776 Jefferson was picked to draft the Declaration of Independence because he was a member of the Continental Congress. He wrote everything for the Declaration of Independence and he got all of the signatures.