Colonial Williamsburg

The Boston Tea Party took place on December 16, 1773, and was really one of the final straws before first blood was spilled. This event was a widespread protest against the Tea Act that the British Parliament had passed without colonial say or representation; the Americans felt voiceless and felt as they were not well-represented and their opinions, not at all well voiced. Upset and defiant, the Boston merchants were able to find a way to evade the Acts limiting their freedom by…

The act of courage may sometimes be viewed through the eyes of a fireman rushing into a burning building about to collapse to save the last apartment buildings scared attendant, or a soldier rushing into a raging warzone for their country and loved ones. These examples of courage wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for the courageous act that an author with a feather ink pen and a large sheet of paper declared unto all people of the United States of America. This was a man destined for…

Slavery was not a subject that could get treated as a textbook black and white situation. All slaves were supposed to be known as property. However, depending on the masters and where they stayed some slaves lived better lives than others. Slavery had a lot to do with the political practices that was done during that time. In some states, there were slaves in which could work to get their freedom. In other states slaves were treated strictly as property. Slavery was a time in history that we…

the New England colony of Rhode Island permitted religious freedom. Roger Williams, “political and religious leader” (History.com) believed the natives had rights to their land and colonist should not seize what does not belong to them. When the colonial government voted Williams out of the colony, he was forced to create peace elsewhere. Followed by colonists, Williams and company settled in Narragansett Bay where they bought land from the Narragansett Indians which he dubbed Providence. After…

By the late seventeenth early eighteenth centuries, the southern colonies was immersed in a labor transition from indentured servitude to slavery. Indentured servants were under a labor contract which consisted of passage to the British colonies with the repayment made by services provided at a plantations for a term of four to seven years, and once the term was completed, they would receive 50 acres. This labor system began to decline for various reasons, such as economic stability in England,…

At age nine he attended in local school, later at seventeen, he left home to attend to the William and Mary College in Williamsburg, the capital of Virginia. While he was studying in college, he was in a circle of old elites; and he received his real education from them. After three years he decided to learn law. At the time, there was not any law school; hence, he studied…

blue-capped mountains. The mountains were so blue they looked like a picture with a blue filter. We stopped at an aged brick tavern my dad went to when he was in college. It was magnificent, but the food was stuff like what people ate in Colonial Williamsburg. There were three stores that looked like they were aging too. One was a toy store. It wasn't like a toy store today; it was kind of old fashioned. Another store was a metal smith shop. It had guns that date back to about 1865. There…

for ages now. Starting with colonial America, where people chained their ‘disturbed’ relatives and neighbors to the metal poles or locked them in small rooms for their entire lives, and ending with asylums, where doctors and nurses indulged in cruel behavior toward the patients, experimenting with inhumane methods of subduing the insane with lobotomy and electroconvulsive therapy. But is this picture painted by the horror movies entirely accurate? During the colonial times, ‘distracted persons’…

The Declaration of Independence is one of, if not the most famous and well known documents in American History. Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, was a leading force in changing America for eternity on July 4, 1776. Thomas Jefferson was born in Albemarle County on April 13, 1743 (McGee 251). When Thomas was 14 years old his father passed away leaving him the head of the house hold, which meant caring for his mother and siblings. Not long after his father passed away…

Growing up, many of us have obtained some knowledge on greek-letter organizations somehow. Whether we have all seen movies about colleges that are fraternity and sorority based or through social media. They’ve given us a little insight on the college life and if you’re like me, these moves have gotten you inspired and excited for college. They’ve shown us the crazy parties, the popularity, the step battles, and the harsh hazing as well. Even though we see an abundance of what goes on in these…