Thomas+Jefferson

**Important Events and Ideas **
 * Thomas Jefferson **
 * Was an American [|Founding Father]
 * The principal author of the [|Declaration of Independence] (1776)
 * The third [|President of the United States] (1801–1809).

**"Did you know..." **
 * At the beginning of the [|American Revolution], he served in the [|Continental Congress], representing [|Virginia]
 * Served as a wartime Governor of Virginia (1779–1781)
 * Jefferson was the first United States Secretary of State (1790–1793) serving under President [|George Washington]

**"I Wonder...." **
 * What Thomas Jefferson's favorite foods were
 * What was Thomas Jefferson's favorite subject in school
 *  What I think about this person **