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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…

The reconstruction movement was a time when nobody was free in the North or South. The aftermath of the war left the south without schools, churches, or any type of economy while the North was almost forced to help through the churches need to provide sanctuary to the former slaves in the south. The “freedom” African-Americans received in the reconstruction era was conditional leaving southern African-Americans enslaved once more. While the Civil War’s overall motive was to the free the slaves…

The Civil War and its aftermath had great impacts on Native American tribes all across the country. At the start of the war, many tribes had decided to join the Confederacy, mostly because some of their tribe members had owned slaves. Since they were apart of the Confederate States of America, the Confederacy had decided to pay all of the annuities that the Government of the United States had provided. After the Civil War, the tribes that were apart of the Confederacy were severely punished. The…

freedoms of religion, conscience and most illogicality the freedom of personal liberty, he owned slaves and viewed Africans as inferior. His views on slavery and race are most prevalent in an essay he published in 1782 entitled Notes on the State of Virginia. Moreover, if a scholar or student carefully analyzes and critiques Jefferson’s essay they will be able to gleam irreplaceable insight into several concepts including; personal biases…

During colonial America, lying on the eastern side of the continent were the New England colonies in the north and the Chesapeake colonies in the south. New England colonies composed states such as MA, RI, and CT while Chesapeake colonies contain states like MD, VA and the Carolinas. With these two colonies separated, they share similarities as well as differences. Slavery, politics and religion are the most important key facts that have a common aspect among New England and Chesapeake colonies.…

Slavery in America began in the year of 1619 when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia. It was practiced throughout the American colonies in the seventeen and eighteenth centuries and African American slaves helped build the foundation of the new nation with their labor. David Walker was a man of many words. He was born in Wilmington, North Carolina to a mother who was not a slave and a father who was a slave. He studied classics and was…

George Mason was born on December 11, 1725 in Fairfax County Virginia. He had his mother Ann Stevens Thompson, and his father George Mason the Third. George Mason’s mother Ann Stevens Thompson is an at home mother basically raised her children. George Mason’s father George Mason the third was a politician and a farmer he owned a lot of land. George Mason the third died in a ferry accident on 5 March 1735 on the Potomac River. Sadly when George Mason was only ten years old. From there on he was…

When history is discussed, often the American Revolution is thought of as an inspiring movement that resulted in the freedom of the American people. Soldiers and founding fathers are remembered as brave heroes that fought for rights and separation from the oppressive British. The colonies fought for independence, defined as complete freedom and ability to live without being under anyone else’s authority. Ironically, however, white men mostly excluded women and African Americans from this…

Stratford Hall, Virginia. He was destined for a military life as his father was a Revolutionary War hero. Colonel Henry Lee led cavalry in battles and won praise from General George Washington. When Lee turned 18, he enrolled in West Point Academy where he had major success, graduating with 5 other cadets in his class. After school, he married Mary Custis in June of 1831 and went on to have seven children. Lee went all around the country looking for work as his family stayed in Virginia, going…

Maryland that their mission focus on reducing pollution, restoring and protecting the wetlands and forests. Some of the major issues saving the Bay are not only of saving the 200-mile-long inlet that runs from Havre de Grace, Maryland to Norfolk, Virginia, also the 50 major rivers and streams that pour into the bay each day, and the creeks that feed those rivers and streams.1 A…