Revolutionary America (1770-1783)
-Jefferson was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress of Virginia from 1775 to 1776 -The Declaration of Independence was ratified on July 4, 1776; Jefferson was the primary author -Jefferson was the Second Governor of Virginia from 1779-1781 -The United States was officially freed from the British and became completely independent in 1783 -Jefferson was a Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation from Virginia until 1784 |
A painting of the drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence showing their work tot he Congress
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Independent America (1783-) -Jefferson was the United States Minister to France from 1785 to 1789 -The Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791 -Jefferson was the first United States Secretary of State from 1790 to 1793 -Jefferson served as the second Vice President of the U.S. from 1797 to 1801 -Jefferson served two terms as the President of the U.S. from 1801 to 1804 -The Industrial Revolution started in 1815 |
A sketch of the Lowell Mills in Lowell, Massachusetts. The Lowell Mills was one of the important developments of the Industrial Revolution.
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