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Overall, the night went well. We were busy from the moment we opened to about 8:30 and had a trickled after that. We did not have major issues when it came to students. There were times that the food line did get backed up, but that was mainly from me keeping a fast pace on the register. As the night progressed and it became more spread out as I settled into a more moderate pace. We also experienced a slow down when we started training the new guy Skylar. Bob trained him the bulk of the night…

The Chesapeake and New England colonies had two different and distinct societies. If I had to choose between the two I would choose New England as a place to live. New England was family oriented men, women and children moved to the area. Which means that they had the ability to be more stable and efficient as a community. A family could contain many skills as opposed to the few elite men and their servants may have. Their communities were self-sufficient and they were able to farm, even…

For example, when Jefferson compares the blacks’ imagination to that of the whites, he asserts that blacks are “dull, tasteless, and anomalous” in imagination (381). His words may diminish readers’ intentions to read as some readers may find his words insulting and offensive. Another example in which Jefferson uses insulting language is when he talks about flowing hair. “Add to these, flowing hair, a more elegant symmetry of form, their own judgement in favor of the whites, declared by their…

How Revolutionary was the Revolutionary War? A revolution is a forcible overthrow of government or social order in favor of a new system. It also means radical change. Throughout many centuries, we see many revolutions that completely changed the world as we know it. For instance, take a look at the French and Russian Revolutions. In both of these, the lower class rose up against the rich and elite. A true characterization of the meaning behind the term "revolution". A true social revolution…

Only stories of very important women such as Abagail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, and Martha Washington was slightly mentioned in Visions of America while Revolutionary Mothers tells of many personal stories of women who were not considered very important to the outcome of the American Revolution. It also tells about many other situations concerning women during the American Revolution such as ownership of property, boycotts, war crimes, etc. I believe Revolutionary Mothers enhanced my learning…

Last year during our spring break in high school me and a group of friends decided that we go on a road trip. At first we didn’t know where we were going to go but finally decided on going to Virginia Beach. We planned on staying for 5 days and then drove back up to New York. During this trip we had a lot of interesting things happen, especially to the car. So as I had said before me and a few friends planned on going on a road trip during one of our week long breaks. We had been planning on…

A legacy is a complicated thing, especially when it deals with reputation. One’s reputation is affected by subjective trends in popularity, and often has as much to do with the social climate at the time it is established as it has to do with the person. Jackson and Lee both undeniable have created legacies that rely on an idealized representation of their character. So far, this paper has discussed the various ways that Jackson and Lee distinguished themselves in the war, how they were…

professor from the University of South Carolina, decided to veer off in a new direction by expounding a revisionist theory through his book Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves & the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia. In Forced Founders, Holton argues that Virginia elites were as important as the Independence movement leaders, but they were also powerfully influenced by other “grassroots” forces such as the British merchants, Indians, farmers and slaves (Holton, 206). He also…

From the General History of Virginia to the Of Plymouth Plantation, both of these stories involve the journey to the new world. Although these stories have few similarities such as, where they came from; the help they received in the new world when they were in trouble; and how they felt on the way to the new world; they also had their differences. Some of the differences that these two stories held was their purpose of why they went to the new world in the first place; how they treated each…

As a delegate of the Virginia Convention in April 1861, I would disagree that Virginia should secede from the Union. For Western Virginia, the Valley region, specifically Pendleton County, of the state, the war will mean my region and people will experience a battleground upon our soil. My sediments about the war are our first loyalties are to the consent of the governed, thus to the Constitution. My decision is to remain with the Union, because slavery directly conflicts with the ideal that…