Northern Virginia

The City of Alexandria is located in Northern Virginia, about seven miles south of downtown Washington D.C. Sitting on the west bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria encompasses a total area of 15.5 square miles, of which 97.15 percent is land and 2.75 percent is water. With a population of 150,575 residents (according to the 2014 census), Alexandria is the seventh largest city in Virginia. Interestingly, it is also the most populated town among the fourteen Alexandrias in the United States.…

Occupy Denver Eric Brandt is a white male in his late forties. He is 5’8” and 200 pounds, dressed in black shorts and a yellow shirt, with black font on it that reads “Fuck Bad Cops.” He is single and homeless. Eric is a former U.S Navy nuclear engineer. He has been to many countries and speaks four languages. Eric chose to leave his veteran house and be homeless so that another homeless veteran can have a place to live. After he left his housing, he rented a backyard from a lady in Westminster…

two sections of the English colonization were the New England and Chesapeake region. The New England area consisted of what is now currently Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. The Chesapeake region was mainly Maryland and Virginia, even though the Carolinas and Georgia were considered part of the Chesapeake region as well. Although the two regions were both settled by Englishmen, the regions possessed major differences that could be traced back to the varying motives…

Upon discovering new lands west of Europe, many quickly went over in search of new opportunities and riches. Many of these travelers though were middle class and therefore could not afford to pay their way across upfront. This then led to the practice of indentured servitude, a common practice in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries where middle class men and woman signed binding contracts agreeing to work for a preselected amount of years after receiving free travel across the Atlantic…

feat that could not have been accomplished without the sacrifice and grueling work of the settlers. They left relatives, acquaintances, and most of what was familiar to them behind and braved the rough sea voyage to the New World. When they reached Virginia, the colonists of Jamestown were forced to construct shelters and procure what they needed to survive, in addition to adjusting to an unfamiliar climate. They also needed to establish and maintain a friendly relationship with the Native…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…