USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Long before he became the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson had dreamed of sending explorers across North America. When Jefferson took office in 1801, most of the United States population lived within 50 miles of the Atlantic Ocean.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jefferson retired to Monticello to ponder such projects as his grand designs for the University of Virginia. A French nobleman observed that he had placed his house and his mind “on an elevated situation, from which he might contemplate the universe.” He died on July 4, 1826.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jefferson left Paris for America in September 1789, intending to return to his home soon; however, President George Washington appointed him the country’s first secretary of state, forcing him to remain in the nation’s capital.

Detailed explanation-4: -During his five years in Europe, Jefferson amassed a sizeable art collection intended for future display at Monticello.

Detailed explanation-5: -Before becoming the nation’s third President, Jefferson served as delegate to the Virginia House of Delegates, where he drafted legislation that abolished primogeniture, the law that made the eldest son the sole inheritor of his father’s property.