Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743in Shadwell, Virginia.

             When Thomas was only fourteen, his father died.

             Once his father died he started to take classes with Rev. James Maury. When he.

             turned seventeen, he went to the College of William and Mary, but he left after two.

             years. .

             In 1760 he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses. In1769, the town of.

             Shadwell that Thomas was living burned down. That meant that he was forced to move.

             to Monticello. Then in 1972 he married Martha Wayles Skelton. They ended up having.

             six children, but only two of them lived passed their childhoods. In 1775 he was.

             chosen to be the delegate for Virginia in the Second Continental Congress. Then in.

             1776, he did one of the things he is most remembered for. He wrote the Declaration of.

             Independence which made all the colonists free from Great Britain. After that in 1777.

             he was elected the governor of Virginia. Unfortunately, that same year Martha Wayles.

             Skelton died. .

             Eight years later, he decided that he would start his career as an architect. In.

             1785 he wrote the plans for the Virginia State Capitol. Unfortunately, he took a break.

             from writing a plans to take a business trip to Paris. While he was there he found out.

             that they all ready started to build the capitol with only most of his plans, not all of them. .

             He had to then get back to America and finish the plans. After that he made designs.

             for more and more buildings.

             In 1790, Thomas wrote Report On Weights and Measures. The basic idea of the.

             report was to help people in the colonies to more understand how to use weights and.

             know how to measure things. Back then, people where having trouble using.

             measurements and weights. The report ended up teaching more and more people.

             about them. Without the report, people would have been more in the dark about them.

             Then in 1794, he went back to being an architect. This time he worked and drew.

             designs for his own town, Monticello.