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    1775 Lord Dunmore‚ the Governor of Virginia‚ promised freedom to any slave‚ owned by a rebelling colonist that fought for the British. This caused many slaves to escape to the side of the British. The Americans still did not let slaves fight with them. As time passed and the Americans lost many soldiers‚ some of the colonies began to let slaves enlist in1778. Virginia did not let slaves join but they did let some free blacks volunteer. Some slave owners in Virginia went against this rule and sent slaves

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    French Government‚ where her inventions were accepted and are still currently being used. In 1969‚ Blount studied to become a forensic scientist and went into law enforcement. She worked in Vineland‚ New Jersey and both Norfolk and Portsmouth‚ Virginia. In her capacity as a forensic scientist‚ she used her training to examine the authenticity of African American slave “papers” and pre-civil war documents. By 1972‚ she had advanced to become the Chief Document Examiner of those laboratories.

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    and the beginning years of our country. They helped form this nation into a free and sovereign country. Yet‚ they were different in many aspects they shared a few common features. Both Washington and Jefferson grew up in the southern state of Virginia and like most owned land to grow and harvest crops. In growing up they came from two different class levels of living. The Jefferson family was more famous and richer than Washington’s giving him a greater advantage and opportunity to succeed‚

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    The English Colonies alongside the Atlantic Coast in the 1600’s- 1700’s began with the failed attempt to establish the Roanoke Colony in Virginia‚ which was later surpassed by the Virginia Company‚ a joint stock company‚ that established the colony of Jamestown in the Chesapeake Bay. Following the success of establishment of Jamestown was a series of devastation known as the “starving period” as food sources were scare‚ conflicts with natives arised‚ and starvation characterized the lives of the

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    led to migration towards south of Massachusetts‚ resulting in an entirely different colony. 4. Rhode Island: Founded by Roger Williams.  Religious & political freedom  Separation of church & state  Religious toleration 4. Southern Virginia: Founded by John Smith.  Economic opportunities  First English settlement  Tobacco farming  Conflict with Natives over land  Bacon’s Rebellion Maryland: Founded by Lord Baltimore.  Religious & political freedom for Catholics  Act

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    paragraph: Thomas Jefferson’s life Abstract “Jefferson fought for his country. But he did not fight with a gun or a sword. He fought with words” Meet Thomas Jefferson by Marvin Barnett. Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13‚ 1743 in Shadwell‚ Virginia. His mother was Jane (Maiden name Rudolph) Jefferson and Peter Jefferson. At the age of 2‚ they left Shadwell for Tuckahoe‚ where most of his family lived. All his life he valued learning and always wanted to. They went back to Shadwell when he was

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    farming and mercantilism. In early 17th century Virginia‚ tobacco became Virginia’s biggest profits. By 1700‚ 40 million pounds of tobacco was produced and large plantations were dedicated to just growing tobacco‚ producing a single crop economy. The large plantations provided landowners or tobacco growers with cheap and plentiful labor through the use of slaves and indentured servants. In document C‚ the passengers aboard the ship bound for Virginia are all mostly made up of single men well below

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    Pennsylvania partly because of the mild landscape and fertile soil. Early in the 1600’s‚ John Rolfe and his wife Pocahontas discovered tobacco. It was soon heavily sought after in Europe‚ and quickly became a cash crop for Virginia. After establishing the tobacco industry in Virginia‚ many of the other colonies soon followed suit. Unfortunately‚ tobacco quickly drains the nutrients of the soil that it is planted on. Without the plentiful and fertile soil that these settlers were using‚ it would have

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    the three significant suppliers for Crouse Hinds‚ Inc. and are a large focus for the success of Crouse Hinds’ operations. After these suppliers manufacture their goods into finished products‚ they are shipped to the distribution center in Roanoke‚ Virginia. This distribution center is Crouse Hinds’ primary customer. The major suppliers do not communicate with each other and they all make LTL shipments to Roanoke on a daily basis. It typically takes 6 days for the LTL shipments to go from Roanoke to

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    The depiction of war is a common subject for artists to embark on because it speaks to the conventions of society during contentious times‚ but with each one‚ a different image emerges. John Trumbull’s The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill‚ June 17‚ 1775 provides a romanticized war of honorable sacrifice and an overall sense of hope. Timothy O’Sullivan’s A Harvest of Death at Gettysburg‚ July‚ 1863 narrates war on the complete other side of the spectrum with an un-idealized image

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