JEFFERSON 



OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON THOMAS JEFFERSON 



Outline 



I. Years of Preparation 



(1) Birth and parentage 



(2) Education 



(3) Early public activities 



(a) In the Virginia House of Bur- 



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(b) Chosen delegate to the Conti- 

 nental Congress 



II. Early Years of Leadership 



The Declaration of Independence 

 In Virginia legislature 

 (a) Important revision of state laws 

 As governor of Virginia 

 In Congress 



(a) The Northwest Territory question 

 As minister to France 

 As Secretary of State 

 (a) Clash with Hamilton 

 ( 7 ) As Vice-President with John Adams 



III. His Administrations 



(1) Election of 1800 



(a) Candidates 



(b) Issues 



(c) Contested outcome 



1. Jefferson chosen by House 



(2) Strict construction in practice 



(a) Navy put out of commission 



(b) Other items 



(3) War with Barbary States 



(4) Louisiana Purchase 



(a) Lewis and Clark Expedition 



( 5 ) Relations with France and Great Brit- 



ain 



(a) Continental System and Orders in 



Council 



(b) Chesapeake Affair 



(c) Embargo Act 



(d) Non-intercourse Act 



(6) Twelfth Amendment 



(7) Abolition of slave trade 



(8) Internal affairs 



(a) Ohio admitted 



(b) West Point established 



(c) Fulton's steamboat 



(d) Cumberland Road 



(e) Duel between Burr and Hamilton 



(f) Burr's conspiracies 



IV. Last Years 



(1) The "Sage of Monticello" 



(2) Financial affairs 



(3) The University of Virginia founded 



(4) Death and character 



Questions 



What lesson did Jefferson draw from the French Revolution? How did he put 

 it into practice? 



How did one of Jefferson's chief political adversaries help to elect him to a high 

 office? 



What did Jefferson wish to have carved on his tombstone? 



On what theory did Jefferson base his belief that the colonies had a right to be 

 free, and what illustration did he draw from early English history? 



What shows the advanced character of his ideas on education? 



In what way was Jefferson related to the "first families" of Virginia? 



How may it be said that many wrong-doers in Virginia owed their lives to 

 Jefferson? 



How did the youth of Jefferson differ from that of Grant, Garfield, Jackson and 

 others of the Presidents? 



Why did his adversaries feel that he was acting contrary to his principles in 

 purchasing the Louisiana Territory? 



Why could Jefferson never become a very effective public speaker? 



What part did Jefferson's love of music play in the romance of his life? 



What famous man was killed during Jefferson's administration by another of 

 almost equal fame? 



