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Thomas Jefferson (Marbury vs. Madison Louisiana Purchase. Thomas Jefferson. 3 rd president of the united states 1801-1809 Was the vice president of the United States Born on April 13, 1743 Shadwell plantation, Goochland County, Virginia His nickname was “Man of People”. Thomas Jefferson.
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Thomas Jefferson • 3rd president of the united states 1801-1809 • Was the vice president of the United States • Born on April 13, 1743 Shadwell plantation, Goochland County, Virginia • His nickname was “Man of People”
Thomas Jefferson • Got married on January 1st , 1772 to Martha Skelton • Had six children one boy five girls • Author of the Declaration of In Dependence • Author of Virginia Statute for Religions freedom • Father of university of Virginia
Thomas Jefferson • Believed in God and the moral teachings of Jesus Christ and the Bible • At age 16 he entered College of William and Mary in Williamsburg • Studied mathematics, philosophy, and metaphysics • First occupation was a lawyer, involved with hundreds of cases between 1768 and 1773
Thomas Jefferson • Studied law with George Wythe, a later signer of the Declaration of Independence • Attended a local school that was run by a Scottish minister named William Douglas • Studied Greek, Latin, and French
Thomas Jefferson • Died on July 4th, 1826 at age of 83 • Died of natural causes • Died the same day as John Adams
Marbury vs. Madison • Several federalist appointees did not receive there commission • Deadline March 3, 1801 • Jefferson ordered secretary of state James Madison to with hold the commissions
Marbury vs. Madison • Marbury one of the appointees effected by this decision • Marbury Sued Madison in the Supreme court • He demanded the supreme court to give his commission
Marbury vs. Madison • The court stated Marbury had a right to his commission • Congress could not give the supreme court the power to give Marbury his commission • Only the constitution could • Marbury never got his commission
The Louisiana Purchase • Largest single purchase in the U.S history • Included Montana, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana • Tiny bit of Texas and New Mexico
The Louisiana Purchase • Jefferson signed a treaty with Napoleon Bonaparte that ceded a giant amount of land to the United States • Doubled the size of America • Giving the country access to a very important trade route of Mississippi and the port of new Orleans