Loving v. Virginia

After the American Revolution happened, multiple changes were starting to happen in the American colonies and the area around it. For example, in the social aspect of the revolution, multiple people were thinking out of the box and wanted their own rights back, but to be more specific about this, women wanted them back the most. An example in economic changes is how many people are revolting for paper money and property after the American revolution, and it doesn’t stop here. In political…

The Catholic Church teaches seven principles of social teaching, and in those teachings are the dignity of a human being, call to a particular group or family and to participate, rights and responsibilities, giving to the wellbeing of the poor, dignity and rights of workers, solidarity, and lastly care for god’s creation. The Chesapeake Bay has been degraded by pollution, manmade and natural change over the course of many years. But many young adults can make a change and help out by taking part…

Perfect Society in Jamestown Founded in 1607 by Captain John Smith, Jamestown was the first permanent English colony in the New world, and evolved creating a perfect society that expanded throughout the new world by establishing relationships with the natives, government, and utilizing the land for farming. When the English arrived in Jamestown after the first year about two thirds of the population died from weather and shortage of supplies. Smith went out on a trading expedition and was…

The Hot Zone by Richard Preston is a non-fiction novel about the origin of Ebola and its effects on people and the outbreak of Ebola in a monkey house. Preston also goes into details about the symptoms of Ebola and the different strains of Ebola,which are Ebola Zaire, Ebola Reston, and Ebola Sudan. Preston really informs about the dangers of Ebola and what it can do to the human body and what must be done to prevent the virus from spreading around the world and causing an…

In my thesis, I contend that the Puritans were successful in New England because they came with family and members of their community, the New England terrain helped farmers across the colony produce enough material to sustain themselves and the ability to trade with England, and the New England colony saw more independence from Britain than other colonies. One of the reasons for the Puritans’ success in England is because they were able to bring family members to the colony and they…

The only reason he had agreed to become general of the confederation was due to the fact that Virginia had voted him to secede from the nation. He may have joined to remain loyal to his state, but he didn’t exactly agree with the idea of slavery. So by putting up a Robert E. Lee statue up, it is like getting the best of both worlds; able to see the…

of Confederation in 1777. In 1787 congress meets to improve the Articles of Confederation because it is also failing. They decide on a Republic but two different types of states have two different ideas. The first plan created was the Virginia Plan. In the Virginia plan, the first house would be selected be an amount of representatives based on the population. This gave bigger states with bigger populations more power so the smaller states did not like this plan. The other plan was the New…

Third President of the United States, the writer of the Declaration of the Independence and the founder of the University of Virginia. After watching the documentary on Thomas Jefferson by Ken Burn, he relays a great point of view. Did Thomas Jefferson actually mean that everybody was created equally? Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 in Shadwell, Virginia to Peter and Jane Randolph. Peter his father a plantar died when Thomas was only fourteen years old and was raised by his…

The seventeen-century women in America played a major role in general. Despite the fact that early American women are frequently portrayed as weak and occasionally are under appreciated by some writer or society, they were a key in the development of society at the time. They were fundamental to the functioning of the economy. In the articles “The Ways of Her Household and Powhatan Women” we can find evidence of women’s relevant role in the seventeen century. These articles are about two…

While growing up he was given a good education and taught that he should always have control. Madison also studied law. After school he was elected in the Virginia legislature and allied himself with Patrick Henry on the religious tolerance issues. After the term was up, Madison lost his bid and was not elected back into office. Madison returned home to take duties of a planter. Two years later he was elected…