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TIMELINE PUBLIC LIFE PRIVATE LIFE 1743 Thomas Jefferson born. 1757 Father died. 1760-62 Attended College of William and Mary. 1761 Began studying law with G. Wythe. 1764 Came into inheritance (21), included land which will become Monticello. 1767 Admitted to practice law. 1768 Elected to House of Burgesses. Leveling of Monticello mountaintop. 1772 Married Martha Wayles Skelton, 1774 Wrote A Summary View of the Retired from legal practice. Rights of British America. Inherited 11,000 acres & 135 slaves from father-in-law. 1775 Elected to Continental Congress 1776 Drafted Declaration of Independence Mother died.