Williamsburg

“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…

this entire concept when he talks about how Hugh was “so lucky” to be able to go and see, among other places, a slaughterhouse, an assassinated dictators curtains, and a man feeding hyenas from his mouth, as opposed to Sedaris’s trip to Colonial Williamsburg. Obviously Hugh was not lucky, this is all disturbing and not for children. This is all because, as a society, America establishes and stands by a social structure that protects its civilians from the horrors described and implied by the…

Colonial Williamsburg attracts tourists through many means. However, our Fife and Drum Corps remains by far the most iconic entertainment heard or seen by the guests. In our red coats, shrill fifes wailing and snare drums booming, we compel our listeners to fall in step behind us and inspire new generations with a love of history. But nobody knows the individual members making up the Corps. If you ask us, I think we prefer it that way. When I, personally, march down The Duke of Gloucester Street…

to look at appearance and the layout of the newspaper was a bit disorganized. The newspaper had no particular order and it was difficult to differentiate the stories. A particular article that was a bit simpler to tell apart was the one titled WILLIAMSBURG, dated September 13 on page two of the newspaper. The article is about a general who plans to break up Florida and a bit of the context of the tension that is going on between Spain and Great Britain during that time. The format the article is…

The Declaration of Independence is one of the most important pieces of literature ever written, so I saw it fit that I chose it as the topic of my research paper. It is still relevant to our lives today due to the fact that it is still in use. The Declaration of Independence set not only the basis for our own government but governments around the world. The Declaration also set up the beginning of what is known as a Democracy. Through the use of syntax in The Declaration of Independence, Thomas…

Join Smith in 1607, Virginia was considered to be one of the Southern Colonies. The colony of Virginia got its name from Queen Elizabeth I of England who was considered to be the “Virgin Queen.” The major cities/towns of Virginia are Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Richmond. The Southern Colonies were considered to be the warmest of the three regions (Southern, Middle, and New England Colonies.) Tobacco was the first export of the colony of Virginia. Where Is the Colony of Virginia? Where Is…

In this paper, I wanted to review "Things Fearful to Name": Bestiality in Colonial America by John M. Murrin. Bestiality was a person who had the sex relationship with animals. When the bestiality occurred, people decided to make prosecution by using the law. In the society, laws could help people to prevent the wrong thing occurred and warned all people to act correctly. From this article, I understood people's attitude on the bestiality and sodomy during the colonial period. In the article,…

on small farms of less than two hundred acres. A relatively small number of Virginians were wealthy planters or merchants, and only about two percent of the population lived in Virginia’s few small towns or cities like York, Norfolk, Richmond, Williamsburg, or Fredericksburg. About 200,000 of the people living in Virginia were enslaved African Americans most of whom worked in tobacco fields for white masters. A small farmer living in Virginia about the time of the American Revolution was…

Constitution. Randolph was said to be “a young gentleman in whom unite all the accomplishments of the scholar and the statesmen” and was very knowledgeable when it came to matters dealing with government. Edmund Randolph was born on August 10, 1753 Williamsburg, Virginia where he would stay for most of his lifetime. As a child Randolph and his father went separate ways because of his father being a loyalist and having no…

Thomas Jefferson: Advocate for Liberty In the past, racial discrimination and injustice took grasp over the nation. During this time, no one would stand up for those who were discriminated against due to the intimidation of the government, who urged such cruelty. Eventually a liberator came along known by the name of Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was an honored President who advocated citizen’s liberty in various ways, especially through the Declaration of Independence. He preserved…