The College of William & Mary

community of college students in modern day America are certainly a unique one. The community consists of several entities. These entities include instructors, educators, tutors, persons of power, and of course, the students themselves. Each of these subjects form what we know today as a place of higher education, or a college or university. The community consists of millions of people. According to the website, National Center for Education Statistics, an estimated 20.2 million college…

one of the nation’s leading American history scholars. Ellis attended Yale University and College of William and Mary. He has written nine books, and has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for this book and won the National Book Award for a biography of Thomas Jefferson, American Sphinx. Much of his commentaries have been featured in tv networks, such as: CBS, CSPAN, CNN, and PBS. He has taught in Honors College at the University of…

"Give me liberty, or give me death", the famous concluding words of Patrick Henry 's proposal to collect a militia for Virginia 's defense on March 23, 1775, to the Second Virginia Convention held at Richmond, has rung through the ears of the American people for centuries. As a strong supporter of the freedom attained by the colonial people of the Revolutionary City of Williamsburg, Virginia, Henry was one amongst many our nation 's forefathers to spark the efforts to commence a new nation based…

William Shakespeare has come to be known as the world’s greatest playwright, but numerous theories have been proffered that Shakespeare did not in fact write his own plays. Many famous writers including Mark Twain have doubted that given his lack of formal education Shakespeare would have been capable of writing the works he is credited with authoring. Because of the lack of definitive proof, it is very easy to speculate that Shakespeare did not write his own plays. Shakespeare grew up in…

Jimin Kim US History, AP World History Mr. William Carrigan 12/16/2014 Single Sex Education in the 1800s In the 19th century, education in America was conducted within a large scale of single-sex framework. It was due to societal views, expectations, and opportunities for each gender. Men were required formalized education in order to demonstrate their expected occupations while women were expected to attain practical skills for domestic lives rather than formalized and advanced education.…

Thomas Jefferson the third president of the United States was born in 1743 in Shadwell, Virginia. He joined the institution of William and Mary but received no formal training in architecture. Fundamentally self-taught, Jefferson accumulated a remarkable collection architecture and art that comprised several reproductions of Palladio’s Quattro Libri. Eventually, Jefferson developed a concentrated obligation of Palladio’s architectural notions based on their link to early Romans (Howard, 2003).…

was fascinated with the Hebrew alphabet and quickly became fluent in the language as well as in French, German, Greek, and Italian. Her first published works came about in the 1880s, when she produced criticisms for the publication, The Theater. Mary navigated her way through a male dominated profession, finding ways to make herself known and impress those who could help her establish herself as recognized poet of the time. Up until her death in August of 1907, she worked to produce a large…

survive mainly because of exposure to disease, conflict with the natives, and lack of clean/any water. Exposure to unknown diseases was certainly a major factor that led to the early colonists dying. According to Dennis B. Blanton from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, “Disease in early years to Jamestown’s position at the salt-fresh water transition, where filth introduced into the river tended to fester rather than flush away,” (Document A). If this water, filled with…

“A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue.” This quote was from a letter by Mrs. Adams to Judge Vanderkemp in January, 1818. According to this when President Monroe was in Boston upon his late tour, involved by citizens, surrounded by the military, harassed by invitations to parties and applications immeasurable for office, some gentleman asked him if he was not completely worn out. Then he replied, ‘O no. “A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue.” James…

Dr. Kate Slevin is a professor at the College of William & Mary. She is originally from Ireland and is a decorated educator of socialism. She spoke about how there is a type of persistence in the American culture. In our society, there are a lot of prejudices against older people and this actually affects everyone: no matter the race, gender, or sexuality. It might not affect the younger generation right now but if not taken control of right now it will affect us if we get to an older age. And…