美国文学ThomasJefferson托马斯杰斐逊简短介绍.pptx

Thomas Jefferson,a Brief BiographyBorn April 13,1743,at Shadwell,Virginia;died July 4,1826,MonticelloThomasJefferson-authoroftheDeclarationofIndependenceandtheStatuteofVirginiaforReligiousFreedom,thirdpresidentoftheUnitedStates,andfounderoftheUniversityofVirginia-voicedtheaspirationsofanewAmericaasnootherindividualofhisera.Asapublicofficial,historian,philosopher,andplantationowner,heservedhiscountryforoverfivedecades.HisfamilyHisfatherPeterJeffersonwasasuccessfulplanterandsurveyorandhismotherJaneRandolphamemberofoneofVirginiasmostdistinguishedfamilies.Havinginheritedaconsiderablelandedestatefromhisfather,JeffersonbeganbuildingMonticellowhenhewastwenty-sixyearsold.Threeyearslater,hemarriedMarthaWaylesSkelton,withwhomhelivedhappilyfortenyearsuntilherdeath.Theirmarriageproducedsixchildren,butonlytwosurvivedtoadulthood.Jefferson,whoneverremarried,maintainedMonticelloashishomethroughouthislife,alwaysexpandingandchangingthehouse.MajordeedsJeffersonwasborninAlbemarleCounty,VirginiaonApr.13,1743.Jeffersonattended(1760-1762)theCollegeofWilliamandmaryIn1769heserviceasarepresentativeintheVirginiaHouseofBurgesses.HerepresentedVirginiaintheSecondContinentalCongressin1775.Thefollowingyear,hedraftedtheDeclarationofIndependencewithJohnAdams,BenjaminFranklin,RogerSherman,andRobertR.Livingston.AgainintheVirginialegislature,introducedanumberofbillsfortheestablishmentofreligiousFreedom.InJune1779,JeffersonwaselectedgovernorofVirginia.In1785hebecameministertoFrance.AsthefirstsecretaryofstateinWashingtonscabinet.Jeffersonbecamevice-presidentin1796.Hebecamepresidentin1800.Inthefinal17yearsofhislife,Jeffersonsmajoraccomplishmentwasthefounding(1819)oftheUniversityofVirginia.OnJuly4,1826,the50thanniversaryoftheDeclarationofIndependence,JeffersondiedatMonticello.HisachievementThomasJeffersonwasthe thirdPresident oftheUnitedStates.ThomasJeffersonwasauthoroftheDeclarationofAmericanIndependence,oftheStatuteofVirginiaforreligiousfreedom.andFatheroftheUniversityofVirginia.DuringhispresidencyincludetheLouisianaPurchase(1803)andtheLewisandClarkExpedition(18041806).Asapoliticalphilosopher,JeffersonwasamanoftheEnlightenment,thecofounderandleaderoftheDemocratic-RepublicanParty,whichdominatedAmericanpoliticsfor25years.Apolymath博学者,Jeffersonachieveddistinctionas,amongotherthings,ahorticulturist,politicalleader,architect,archaeologist考古学家,paleontologist古生物学,inventor,andsoon.Wren Building(rear),College of William&Mary where Jefferson studiedHouse of Burgesses in Williamsburg,Virginia,where Jefferson served 17691775JeffersonshomeMonticelloGovernorsPalace,GovernorJeffersonsresidenceinWilliamsburgIndependenceHallAssemblyRoomwhereJeffersonservedinCongressTheUniversityofVirginia,JeffersonsAcademicalVillageMountRushmoreNationalMemorialGeorge WashingtonThomas JeffersonTheodore RooseveltAbraham LincolnJeffersonMemorial,Washington,D.C.ThomasJeffersonMemorialStatueJeffersonsgravesite