Virginia General Assembly

On July 30, 1619, the oldest continuous law-making body, the Virginia General Assembly, was established as the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is a bicameral body consisting of the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower body with 100 members, and the Senate of Virginia, the upper body with 40 members. The Speaker of the House, who is currently Howell William J. from Stafford County, leads the House of Delegates. Ralph Northam, the Lieutenant Governor, presides over the Senate. The General Assembly meets in Richmond, the capital of Virginia, in the Virginia State Capitol Building. They meet each year on the second Wednesday in January for 60 days in even-numbered years and for 30 days in odd-numbered years, and again in…

The Bacon’s Rebellion Bacon’s rebellion is a revolution that occurred in Virginia, which started in the year 1676. Nathaniel Bacon was the leader of this revolution who was born in England. Since he was very troublesome, his father sent him to Virginia from England with an expectation that he would mature and have a better life. During that time, William Berkeley was the governor of Virginia and also happened to be bacon’s cousin. The governor, Berkeley, treated Bacon with respect by giving…

Education growing up was never my focus. However, after years of dead end jobs my perspective changed. I gained a value for education, and a desire to achieve one. With that, I started my pursuit to earning my general education degree. In June of 2015 I began my journey towards completing my goal of earning a higher education. The first step was earning my general education diploma. I worked towards earning my general education degree by studying online with My Illinois G.E.D and Khan…

memorable. When I was younger,I wasn't the most tamed child, I had a tendency of getting into mischief. I Even once received ten minutes on the wall for getting into trouble. Time on the wall also meant how long you got held from recess. It was anywhere from stealing a pencil, to going onto the forbidden Monkey Bars. One day I went a little too far, and got twenty minutes on the wall. The whole second grade knew about the little scene I created in at the assembly. This all started with a…

Late in the 18th century, the nation was changing before our eyes. New religious movements were popping up throughout Virginia and among the other colonies. The most important change that was happening was that the colonist were fighting the Revolutionary War to gain their independence from Great Britain. The Colonist faced many problems before the war and after the war, mainly caused because of religion and taxation. There were dissatisfaction from the dissenters; who broke off from the Church…

Back to the Past The upcoming week is Spring Formal Dance at Phoenix High School. Students are passing notes, asking their crushes to the dance. Some students test their limits to go big, making posters saying, “Would you go to Spring Formal with me?”, and buying bouquets or chocolates or candy; who would ever say, “no” to that. Grace and her squad; Mason, Daisy, Olivia, and Maya; planned to walk together into the assembly. The assembly was authorized to inform the students about the Spring…

Planning and Budgeting for the State of Virginia The planning and budget in the Virginia Commonwealth is an important factor in our daily lives. The Virginia Planning and Budget tells how the Commonwealth is spending or allocating monies to different state agencies. An important factor to me is how this affects many households within the Virginia. The employees of the state of Virginia feels the effects of the planning and budget because the state agencies by not getting annually raises and…

The Jefferson County School District is in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Originally Jefferson County was a part of Berkeley County, Virginia before the two divided in 1801 (Jefferson County Historical Society, 2006). The district received its name in honor of the United States President-elect Thomas Jefferson. Although Jefferson did not win the Presidential election he served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington’s Administration (“Jefferson,” 2006). However, before…

uses these approaches of institutions and forms of neoliberalism to enact the rules and norms that they enforce. 2 Compare and contrast the UN general assembly and the UN security council The UN General assembly and the UN security Council have some very distinguishable traits. They are very important in being together they make up 1/3 of the six principle organs of the UN. The UN General Assembly is a huge proponent of the UN because it includes all 192-member state. It was founded in 1945…

The Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom Written by one of the United States of America’s founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson, the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom is a declaration of the right to religious freedom and separation of church and state. Jefferson first drafted the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in 1777 but the bill was not passed into law until January of 1786, seven years after being initially introduced to the Virginia General Assembly. Backed by dissenting sects,…