Thomas Jefferson (Marbury vs. Madison Louisiana Purchase

Thomas Jefferson3rd president of the united states 1801-1809Was the vice president of the United StatesBorn on April 13, 1743 Shadwell plantation,

Goochland County, VirginiaHis nickname was “Man of People”

Thomas JeffersonGot married on January 1st , 1772 to Martha

Skelton Had six children one boy five girlsAuthor of the Declaration of In DependenceAuthor of Virginia Statute for Religions

freedomFather of university of Virginia

Thomas JeffersonBelieved in God and the moral teachings of

Jesus Christ and the BibleAt age 16 he entered College of William and

Mary in WilliamsburgStudied mathematics, philosophy, and

metaphysicsFirst occupation was a lawyer, involved with

hundreds of cases between 1768 and 1773

Thomas JeffersonStudied law with George Wythe, a later

signer of the Declaration of Independence Attended a local school that was run by a

Scottish minister named William DouglasStudied Greek, Latin, and French

Thomas JeffersonDied on July 4th, 1826 at age of 83Died of natural causesDied the same day as John Adams

Marbury vs. MadisonSeveral federalist appointees did not receive

there commission Deadline March 3, 1801Jefferson ordered secretary of state James

Madison to with hold the commissions

Marbury vs. MadisonMarbury one of the appointees effected by

this decisionMarbury Sued Madison in the Supreme court He demanded the supreme court to give his

commission

Marbury vs. MadisonThe court stated Marbury had a right to his

commission Congress could not give the supreme court

the power to give Marbury his commissionOnly the constitution could Marbury never got his commission

The Louisiana Purchase Largest single purchase in the U.S historyIncluded Montana, North and South Dakota,

Minnesota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana

Tiny bit of Texas and New Mexico

The Louisiana PurchaseJefferson signed a treaty with Napoleon

Bonaparte that ceded a giant amount of land to the United States

Doubled the size of AmericaGiving the country access to a very important

trade route of Mississippi and the port of new Orleans