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Themes

Elections and the Development of Political Parties

13 April 1743	Born at Shadwell, Goochland (now Albemarle) County, Virginia.
17 Aug. 1757	His father, Peter Jefferson, dies.
1760–1762	Attends College of William and Mary.
1762	Begins to study law with George Wythe at Williamsburg.
1766 May	Journeys to Philadelphia and New York.
1767	Passes the bar and begins to practice law in Albemarle and Augusta counties. Begins planting at Monticello.
1769	Begins building at Monticello.
1769–1776	Member of House of Burgesses for Albemarle County.
1 Feb. 1770	His home at Shadwell burns.
26 Nov. 1770	Moves to Monticello.
1 Jan. 1772	Marries the widow Martha Wayles Skelton.
27 Sep. 1772	His daughter Martha Jefferson is born.
14 Jan. 1774	From his father-in-law’s estate, inherits debt, land, and slaves, including Betty Hemings, whose children later work in TJ’s household.
3 Apr. 1774	His daughter Jane Randolph Jefferson is born and dies in September 1775.
Aug. 1774	Publishes Summary View of the Rights of British America.
Mch. 1775	Attends Virginia Convention at Richmond.
21 June–31 July 1775	Attends Continental Congress at Philadelphia.
Aug. 1775	Attends Virginia Convention at Richmond.
2 Oct.– 28 Dec. 1775	Attends Continental Congress at Philadelphia.
31 Mch. 1776	His mother, Jane Randolph Jefferson, dies.
14 May–2 Sep. 1776	Attends Continental Congress at Philadelphia.
June 1776	Drafts Declaration of Independence.
Sep. 1776	Resigns from Congress.
26 Sep. 1776	Congress appoints Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and TJ as commissioners to France. TJ declines to serve on 11 Oct.
11 Oct.–14 Dec. 1776	Attends Virginia General Assembly at Williamsburg as a member of House of Delegates.
5 Nov. 1776	Virginia General Assembly names him to a committee of five to revise the laws of Virginia.

The Business of Government / Civic Ideals and Practices

As president, Jefferson served as the head of the executive branch as well as of his party. How did government function? How did checks and balances, the separation of powers, and the rule of law reveal the era’s civic ideals in theory and/or practice?

Punishments and Pardons

Jan. 1780	American Philosophical Society elects him a member.
Jan.–April 1780	Prepares plans for building Fort Jefferson at the mouth of the Ohio River.
Apr. 1780	Takes up residence in Richmond, the new capital of Virginia.
May 1780	Becomes one of the directors for locating the public buildings and enlarging the town of Richmond.
2 June 1780	Wins reelection as governor of Virginia for one year.
June 1780	Establishes a line of expresses from the armies in the Carolinas to Richmond and from Richmond to Alexandria.
16 Aug. 1780	Lord Charles Cornwallis defeats Horatio Gates at Camden, S.C.; Virginia militia loses arms and supplies.
Sep. 1780	Begins forming plans for an expedition by George Rogers Clark against Detroit.

National Expansion

3 Nov. 1780	Daughter Lucy Elizabeth is born.
ca. Nov. 1780	Begins preparing answers to François Barbé de Marbois’s queries (origin of Notes on the State of Virginia).
29 Dec. 1780	Benedict Arnold invades Virginia and raids up the James River, including Richmond and Westham.
5 Jan. 1781	Becomes a councilor of the American Philosophical Society.
22 Jan. 1781	George Rogers Clark leaves Richmond for expedition planned by TJ against Detroit.
June 1780	Establishes a line of expresses from the armies in the Carolinas to Richmond and from Richmond to Alexandria.
31 Jan. 1781	Proposes to J. P. G. Muhlenberg a plan to capture Benedict Arnold at Portsmouth.

National Identity

17 Mch. 1781	Notifies legislature of final ratification of Articles of Confederation.
15 Apr. 1781	Daughter Lucy Elizabeth dies.
10 May 1781	General Assembly convenes at Richmond and adjourns to meet in Charlottesville on 24 May.
15 May 1781	Leaves Richmond for Charlottesville.

America on a Global Stage

17 Mch. 1781	Notifies legislature of final ratification of Articles of Confederation.
15 Apr. 1781	Daughter Lucy Elizabeth dies.
10 May 1781	General Assembly convenes at Richmond and adjourns to meet in Charlottesville on 24 May.
15 May 1781	Leaves Richmond for Charlottesville.

Women

3 June 1781	Retires from governorship.
4 June 1781	British soldier Banastre Tarleton’s troops raid Monticello. TJ takes refuge with friends and, later, retires with his family to Poplar Forest, his plantation in Bedford County.
12 June 1781	House of Delegates votes an inquiry into his conduct as governor for the past twelve months.
14 June 1781	Congress appoints John Adams, John Jay, Henry Laurens, and TJ commissioners to negotiate peace with Great Britain.
26 July 1781	Returns to Monticello from Poplar Forest.
4 Aug. 1781	Declines appointment to serve as a peace commissioner.
26 Nov. 1781	House of Delegates orders appointment of a committee to state charges and receive information concerning his conduct as governor.
10–22 Dec. 1781	Attends General Assembly as member of House of Delegates.
12–15 Dec. 1781	General Assembly agrees unanimously to a resolution of thanks to him for his services as governor.
20 Dec. 1781	Sends replies to François Barbé de Marbois’s queries concerning Virginia.
Apr. 1782	French military officer and liaison François-Jean de Beauvoir de Chastellux visits him at Monticello.
6 May 1782	Declines serving as member of House of Delegates.
8 May 1782	Another daughter, also named Lucy Elizabeth, is born.
30 May 1782	House of Delegates appoints him to a committee to investigate and publish findings concerning Virginia’s western claim.
6 Sep. 1782	His wife, Martha Wayles Jefferson, dies.
12 Nov. 1782	Congress appoints him a peace commissioner.
26 Nov. 1782	Accepts appointment as a commissioner.
27 Dec. 1782	Arrives in Philadelphia to prepare for departure to France.
20 Jan. 1783	Receives honorary degree from College of William and Mary.
26 Jan. 1783	Leaves Philadelphia.
30 Jan. 1783	Arrives in Baltimore to await passage to Europe.
14 Feb. 1783	Congress suspends his appointment as commissioner on news of preliminary peace.
26 Feb. 1783	Returns to Philadelphia.
1 Apr. 1783	Release from his mission to Europe after preliminary peace signed with England.
12 Apr. 1783	Leaves Philadelphia to return to Virginia.
May–June 1783	Drafts proposed constitution for Virginia.
6 June 1783	Wins election as delegate to Congress.
4 Nov. 1783	Takes seat in Congress at Princeton.
22 Nov. 1783	Departs for Annapolis where Congress reconvenes on 13 Dec.
13 Dec. 1783	Joins a committee to report on the definitive treaty with Great Britain.
14 Jan. 1784	Congress ratifies definitive treaty of peace. Congress accepts Virginia’s cession of the territory northwest of the Ohio River.
1 Mch. 1784	Congress accepts Virginia’s cession of the territory northwest of the Ohio River.
1 Mch. 1784	Presents to Congress his report of a plan for the government of the western territory.

Native Americans

3 June 1781	Retires from governorship.
4 June 1781	British soldier Banastre Tarleton’s troops raid Monticello. TJ takes refuge with friends and, later, retires with his family to Poplar Forest, his plantation in Bedford County.
12 June 1781	House of Delegates votes an inquiry into his conduct as governor for the past twelve months.
14 June 1781	Congress appoints John Adams, John Jay, Henry Laurens, and TJ commissioners to negotiate peace with Great Britain.
26 July 1781	Returns to Monticello from Poplar Forest.
4 Aug. 1781	Declines appointment to serve as a peace commissioner.
26 Nov. 1781	House of Delegates orders appointment of a committee to state charges and receive information concerning his conduct as governor.
10–22 Dec. 1781	Attends General Assembly as member of House of Delegates.
12–15 Dec. 1781	General Assembly agrees unanimously to a resolution of thanks to him for his services as governor.
20 Dec. 1781