美国文学ThoasJefferson托马斯杰斐逊简短介绍introduction.pptxVIP

;Thomas Jefferson -- author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia -- voiced the aspirations of a new America as no other individual of his era. As a public official, historian, philosopher, and plantation owner, he served his country for over five decades.;His family;Major deeds;;In June 1779,Jefferson was elected governor of Virginia. In 1785 he became minister to France. As the first secretary of state in Washington’s cabinet. Jefferson became vice-president in 1796