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    At the age of twelve, he was sent away to Donald Robertson’s School. There, he learned many things including Latin and Greek. He had an early career in politics by 1776 when he attended the Virginia Convention. At the Constitutional Convention, Madison proposed the Virginia Plan, which was the first plan to be reviewed at the convention. In order to get everyone on board with the Constitution of the United States, Madison wrote twenty-nine of the eighty-five essays that were anonymous…

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    Virginia is among the most developed states in the United States basing on the various important aspects. According to the research, this is one of the states that offers services and well-manufactured products that serves the across the world. In the US, this is among the top four currently states which are highly developed hence performing better in most of the aspects. It is evident Virginia is also one of the leading centers in terms of software development; hence, the high technology…

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    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…

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    influential during the Revolutionary Era in many ways. George Washington was born on February 22nd, 1732 in Virginia on his family’s plantation. He attended school but quit when he was 15 because his mother was too poor to keep paying for school. He became a surveyor until he inherited an estate on the Potomac River in Virginia. Even with no military experience he became a commander to the Virginia Militia. He fought in the French and Indian war rising into military fame. He eventually resigned…

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    plans. Like the last part about mentioning the Federalist Papers that it influence people to learn more and give their own opinion on the case of a new constitution and government. It also help support the act of nullification supported from the Virginia Convention. Which is stating that states can rule out the law by the federal government to be unconstitutional. He has also introduced the Bill of Rights that features the first ten amendments that were proposed and used today as a source for…

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    The President has been someone for every child to look up to for what they do for the country. However, the Presidency has evolved into a thing from a nightmare. The Presidency began because of unfair laws on the poor masses. There were major events such as the British invasion in the South that caused the Presidency to change. Certain Presidents had more to do with the downfall of the presidency then others. The office intern got weaker because of these events and the evolution of the election…

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    the year 1700. Aboard the Mayflower during the year 1620 were Separatist; people who withdrew from the Church of England. They were headed for the Virginia area to join the Chesapeake colony when they derailed from their course and landed at Plymouth. The Separatist become the first pilgrims and established their own settlement north of Virginia. Ten years later in 1630,…

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    Melted glaciers provided the terrain with new sources of water and mountain ranges formed. The sea level lowered and land bridge between Asia and North America was revealed which allowed nomadic Asian Hunters to reach the continent. Colonies were settled along the coast because they could easily retrieve supplies sent from Europe. Another factor in the colonies location was the Appalachian Mountain chain. The mountains were to rigorous for the early explorers to cross. This statement does not…

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    In our modern society, guns are entwined with escalating arguments about gun control and gun violence. Generally speaking, the quarrel scorches across the American terrain like a raging fire; practically every day there is a news story related to a firing arm. To demonstrate, a recent Central News Network article debriefs gun presence in relation to violence and other tragedies. In this case, guns association with homicides, terrorism and mass shootings. In compliance with statistics,…

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    On July 4, 1776 the Declaration of Independence became one of the founding documents of the United States of America. Addressed to King George III, the king of Great Britain it explains the grievances of the American colonies and that they were leaving the British Empire. The preamble of this great document reads, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and…

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