... often hear Virginia referred to as the Commonwealth of Virginia. This does not mean that Virginia has a different form of government than any other state. "Commonwealth" is defined as a political unit or government in which supreme authority is vested in the people. Virginia has a very extensive history and interesting government. Virginia's history dates all the way back to the first permanent ... joined the Union was on June 25, 1788 (10th state to ratify the Constitution). Virginia has a population of 6,872,900 people (1999 estimate) and has an area of 40,767 square miles. Virginia h...

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... for a stable economy. Jefferson proposed the idea of using the decimal system. "This report led to the adoption (1792) of the dollar, rather than the pound, as the basic monetary unit in the United States" (Thomas 3). Since 1792, America has used the same economic system in which Jefferson first started. One of Jefferson's most important foreign negotiations was the Louisiana Purchase ... in 1803. "Jefferson sought congressional approval for its purchase" (Burns 1). This territory was about one million square miles that extended from Louisiana to Canada and went for the Mississippi Rive...

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