... precious part of the state," as an appeal to the agricultural community and those who recognized its sacredness in America's roots. The agrarian myth took full shape when the upper classes tried to reconnect with rural life by making investment ventures into country estates, and plantations, thus creating a sort of "learned agricultural gentry." The myth gained more strength when its European counterpart ... battle between the proud farmers and the British Empire. The farmers' victory gave validity to the idealistic superiority of the yeoman. The Jeffersonians used the agrarian myth to ...

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... it was more situation of class than race. Things slowly drifted away from equality and into dreary times of separation between whites and Africans. In 1640, Virginia legislature stated to masters to "furnish arms to all men, excepting Negroes." From 1642 African Americans began to be sold for ... 's rebellion reinforced many of the elites worries. The "giddy multitude" made up of blacks and un-happy freemen, fought the most-significant rebellion, in colonial America. They lost but this lead to a "color-wall" that was put between normal colonists and African slaves. Now the planters pref...

• Word Count: 529
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... it was more situation of class than race. Things slowly drifted away from equality and into dreary times of separation between whites and Africans. In 1640, Virginia legislature stated to masters to "furnish arms to all men, excepting Negroes." From 1642 African Americans began to be sold for ... 's rebellion reinforced many of the elites worries. The "giddy multitude" made up of blacks and un-happy freemen, fought the most-significant rebellion, in colonial America. They lost but this lead to a "color-wall" that was put between normal colonists and African slaves. Now the planters pref...

• Word Count: 529
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School