years as president. Madison’s main contributions were as a philosopher of representative democracy. He involved himself in revolutionary politics on the state level in Virginia. As delegate to the Virginia Convention in 1776‚ Madison served on a committee to draw up a declaration of rights and a state constitution. After the Virginia Convention adopted the proposed constitution‚ the delegates declared independence from Britain. •Madison was very into the United States government. He cared about
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Robert E. Lee was a Confederate General in the American Civil War. He was born January 19‚ 1807 in Stratford‚ Westmoreland County‚ Virginia. He was the youngest son of the Revolutionary War hero general Henry Lee‚ who was also known as “Light-Horse Harry Lee”. He married Mary; daughter of G. W. P. Custis‚ the adopted son of Washington. My Thesis is that Robert E. Lee was a great general in the Civil War. He proved he was great even though his resources usually were not. In 1825 he entered West
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settlement of Jamestown occurred in May 14‚ 1607. A couple years later I arrived to Jamestown. Life in Jamestown can be very challenging‚ but nothing compared to how it was before. The first settlement of Jamestown was a failure. The first journey to Virginia was through 3 ships: The Susan Constant‚ the Godspeed and the Discovery. In the first settlement around 100 members traveled to Jamestown looking for silver and gold. Instead of finding silver and gold the first settlers found diseases which caused
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daily chores‚ and emergencies on a daily basis. We specialize in the building of strong families by offering specific personalized services in a timely fashion unlike any-other company under the sun. We are here to serve the Hampton Roads area in Virginia and expand to several states across the globe by the year 2014. Our company is composed of several veterans which each have well over 20 years of service to the country. Career Opportunities are always available as we seek to hire veterans and
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James Madison was born in Virginia in 1751 of English heritage. His family was wealthy rich landowners passing on to young James a sizeable fortune. He was physically frail and fragile in health so could not militarily serve in the Revolutionary War. Nevertheless‚ Madison was busy recruiting troops for the Continental Army and scripting wartime leaflets to inspire the troops and other colonists. Under the new Virginia government Madison became elected to its Assembly and later represented his State
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explain how the two generals personalities were different. “They were two strong men‚ these oddly different generals‚ and they represented the strengths of two conflicting currents that‚ through them‚ had come into final collision.” “Lee was tidewater Virginia‚ and in his background were family‚ culture‚ and tradition the age of chivalry transplanted to a New World which was making its own legends and its own myths.” “Grant had come up the hard way‚ and embodied nothing in particular except the eternal
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state church. Colonists enjoyed universal man suffrage which in time made Rhode Island a remarkably democratic and independent colony. North Carolina’s population was largely composed of poverty stricken outsiders and religious dissenters from Virginia. On account of isolation‚ North Carolina developed a strong sense of resistance to authority. Being the least aristocratic of the thirteen colonies‚ North Carolina received the status of irreligious. Rhode Island and North Carolina are considered
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discuss the Shenandoah Valley’s location‚ military importance‚ logistic relevance‚ and battles waged for its control. Whoever controlled the valley controlled the tempo of the war. The Shenandoah Valley was located in Virginia as it was known in 1862 and still remains a region within Virginia today. The expanse of the Shenandoah Valley that saw battles included the modern day counties as follows: Highland‚ Augusta‚ Rockingham‚ Shenandoah‚ Page‚ Warren‚ Clarke and Frederick Counties. Highland and Augusta
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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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The conclusion of the convention should bring me solace but I find that it only brings me distress for the future of our country. I do not believe that we established a wise and just government. I believe that this government is destined to either become a monarchy or fall into the hands of a corrupt and oppressive aristocracy. Granting the plan we decided upon is superior to The Articles. The Articles of Confederation was a government that should have never been thought up. There were too
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