Great Cacapan, West Virginia sounds a lot bigger than it is. This tiny town has a population of only 386 people, however, its importance in my life cannot be overstated and it's amazing history and nature ... one but spent most of the day in the other. He was the only reason I would have ever come across this tiny town in the middle of now where West Virginia. My grandfather loved learning and telling people about the history of many people and things. He could of written a biography on tons of different important historical figures because of how ... ...

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... was as articulate, wise, or aware of the problems and consequences of a free society as Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, at Shadwell, a tobacco plantation in Virginia. His father, Peter Jefferson, was an extremely intelligent man, not to mention a self-made success, all despite the fact he was formally uneducated. His mother, Jane Randolph was a member ... , and not adopted, they were printed and widely circulated. Because of these resolutions all-important writing assignments were entrusted to Jefferson. When Jefferson arrived in Philadelphia in June, 1775,...

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... Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1774. Here he urged dynamic collective measures by the colonists, again making an attempt to bring everyone together against the tyranny of Parliament. At the Virginia Convention in Richmond in 1775, he successfully sponsored measures for armed resistance to the British. His speech in support of the resolutions concluded with the now historic words, "I know ... expresses the necessity to be prepared for armed conflict. In 1775, while Henry was preparing to attend the Second Continental Congress, news of the battles at Lexington and Concord reached ...

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... were rebuffed by the General & returned home. In 1757 Lee was appointed Justice of the Peace, and was shortly thereafter elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses. He was amongst those radical members of the Burgesses who met at the Raleigh tavern when the house ... as president of Congress. Lee opposed the federal constitution, as he favored strong state rights. He was however elected the first State Senator from Virginia under the new federal government. He retired from that office to his home in Chantilly due to illness, and soon after died at the ... the destroyers of the human rac...

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... Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 on the Shadwell plantation just outside of Charlottesville, Virginia. He was born into one of Virginia's most prominent families that were part of Virginia's planter elite (Jefferson, 2013). The planter elite was considered the highest class of people in the South ... the government to include Minister to France and Security of State before leaving public service to tend to his family and plantation in Monticello, Virginia in January 1794. It was not until 1797 when Jefferson returned to public service as the nations second Vice Presi...

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... School based on reputation and skill in the military field. With Lee around the D.C. area, he was able to put down a rebellion in Harper Ferry, Virginia. Colonel Lee and his aid Lt. J.E.B. Stuart were brought in by train to capture radical abolitionist John Brown and his supporters. Although they did catch ... . Jefferson Davis was glad to accept Lee and gave him a position as a General. On June 1, 1862 Lee assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia in the Confederate capital of Richmond. The Civil War: With Lee now in the Confederate Army, the War could go either way. His first as...

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... John Marshall was chosen as lieutenant for the Culpeper Minute Men. He finished out the war as a member of a detail from the Light Infantry of Virginia under the control of Major Henry Lee. Both father and son fought a number of battles together, such as little Bunker Hill, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth ... to the Ambler girls, especially Mary. The two were married on January 3rd, 1783. At this time, Marshall was a member of the bar in Virginia, as well as of the Legislature. Soon after their marriage his wife became an invalid, but Marshall stayed true to her, until her death on D...

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... Martha Dandridge Custis, a wealthy and attractive young widow with two small children. It was to be a happy and satisfying marriage. After 1759 Washington became a leader in Virginia's opposition to Great Britain's colonial policies. At first he hoped for reconciliation with Britain, although some British policies had touched him personally. Discrimination against colonial military officers had ... Washington returned to Mount Vernon which had declined in his absence. Although he became president of the Society of an organization of former Revolutionary war officer, he avoided involveme...

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... vidtories, he continued to maintain his dignity and respect for his superiors. George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was the oldest son of Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. The Washington were of wealthy English decent and made their home along the ... the French. Braddock was attacked by the French at the Monongahela River and even though Washington was extremely ill he attempted to get his Virginia troops together to assist Braddock. This act helped out Washington for his future career tremendously. In 1758, Washington left the army and...

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... a surveyor, securing (1748) an assignment to survey the Fairfax's lands in the Shenandoah Valley. He played a major role in planning out the Virginia town of Belhaven in 1749 and then got the position as surveyor for Culpepper County. George and his brother went to Barbados in an effort rid ... (1754-63), which showed to be opportunities for Washington to get ahead in life. He first gained publicity when, as adjutant of one of Virginia's four military districts, he was sent (October 1753) by Gov. Robert Dinwiddie on a fruitless mission to warn the French commander at Fort ... action on...

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... the United States. His thoughts and ideas helped build the United States into the country that it is today. George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was the oldest son of Mary Ball Washington and Augustine Washington. His early education included the study of such subjects as mathematics, surveying, the classics, and "rules of civility ... Monmouth, the commander in chief's quick action on the field prevented an American defeat. In 1780, the main theater of the war shifted to the south. Although the campaigns in Virginia and the Carolinas were...

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... have contributed to our society in many ways. George Washington was the very first president of the U.S. He was born on February 22, 1732 in Virginia. He was one of 10 children in an aristocrat family. They grew tobacco and prepared lumber. He received his education at a churchyard school and then ... three years later to what is thought to be strep throat (George). Thomas Jefferson was the third president. He was born April 13, 1743 in Virginia. His dad was a successful surveyor and his mother was from an upper class family. He inherited land from his father and began building Monticel...

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... have crowned him with the simple title "Father of His Country."" George Washington was born in 1732 in the small town of Pope's Creek, Virginia. Unlike Adams and Jefferson, Washington lacked a formal education, for he received most of his schooling from his father and, after his father's ... Lawrence. Washington's political and military career began as early as 1754 when he participated in the French and Indian War as a leader of a Virginia regiment. During his service under the British army, Washington started developing revolutionary concepts. It was during this time that, "Washington ...

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... he was just another child born into a typical family. George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, on Pope's Creek plantation in Westmoreland County, Virginia to Augustine Washington and Mary Ball. "However, George Washington always preferred to celebrate his birthday on February 11th" ( Old, Page 15). During the ... along with 20 of their slaves, finally settled on a a farm called the Ferry Farm, which was located across from the Rappahannock River from Fredericksburg, Virginia. When he was young he enjoyed many things that children of today like doing, such as: swimming, horseback ...

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... executions of the chief co-conspirators. Nat Turner led the second major revolt. Nat Turner was born on October 2, 1800, in Southampton County, Virginia. While still a young child, Nat was overheard describing events that had happened before he was born. "This, along with his keen intelligence, ... as far away as North Carolina were accused of having a connection with the insurrection, and were subsequently tried and executed. The state legislature of Virginia considered abolishing slavery, but in a close vote decided to retain slavery and to support a repressive policy against black peo...

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... appointed by the president, 2) the president and senators would hold office for life, and 3) the Congress would retain exclusive authority to make all the laws of the country [http://xroads.Virginia.edu/~CAP/ham/hamilton]. Hamilton expressed his belief in a very centralized authority by saying, "The idea of a council to the Executive, which has so generally obtained in the State Constitutions ... 's plan for the assumption of state debts. Madison, a Virginian, saw the assumption of state's debts as unfair because it favored states that still had large wartime debts, such as Massachusetts...

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... no acknowledgement whatsoever of this subject. While Cornwallis does refer to the Chesapeake as an "unhealthy swamp," in the very same letter he complains that his position in Virginia has no effect on the Carolinas and that any action required in the Chesapeake could be carried out from New York. This letter confirms that Germain and Cornwallis were in ... my approbation, though I allow your Lordship to be the best judge where your presence may be most required," he then goes on to plead with Cornwallis to stay in Virginia. From Clinton's letter it appears that Cornwallis not only chos...

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... prevent defections, sooth hurt feelings, and calm heated arguments between delegates along the way. At this time Congress had decided to raise six groups of riflemen in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to march to New England. Hancock appointed a five-man committee to draft rules for the administration of the army. They also had to name a commanding general, with each group eager ... . John Adams, who at the time was friends with John Hancock, opposed the choice because he thought George Washington would be better, due to the fact that Washington commanded the Virginia militia for ne...

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... Carolina on May 20, 1768. Dolly was born the first girl in a family of several children to Quaker parents, John Payne and Mary Coles. She spent her childhood in Scotchtown, Virginia. "The Paynes were well connected and sufficiently prosperous, small planters in Hanover County."1 The Quaker house forbade festivity, shunned amusement and frowned upon the world's vanities. After a preliminary visit to ... , the Senator from New York, Colonel Aaron Burr, lodged at the Madison Lodging House. He told everyone about the pretty widow Todd. He finally told his friend Congressman Madison of Virgin...

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... mind, now even that was gone. There were many debts to be paid off, such as to the army. This was stated in the Letter from Delegate Joseph Jones of Virginia to George Washington on February 27, 1783. He said "one ground of discontent in the army, and on which they found the opinion that justice is not intended to be ... . Unanimous approval of the Articles of Confederation was needed by all thirteen states. Maryland held out until March 1, 1781. It gave in when New York surrendered its western claims and Virginia seemed about to do so also. Congress then pledged to arrange the areas for...

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... views with a letter written by him to Theodore Sedwick. In the letter to Theodore Sedgwick, Hamilton clearly fed up with Virginia's anti-Federalism, angrily proposed to hold its feet to the fire. A powerful federal force should without delay be brought against Virginia and put that state to "the Test of resistance." Again Cunningham clearly sets out and achieves showing the reader the ... ...

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... from Brooklyn to Manhattan by boat. In doing this, Washington prevented Britain's best chance of winning the war. Secondly in Virginia in October 1781, Washington was influential in leading five thousand French and two thousand American troops across Pennsylvania into Virginia. Washington moved them so fast that Britain didn't even know of the Yorktown attack until it was too late. This piece ... ...

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George Washington's belief was to lead Virginia into an expedition to challenge French claims at the Allegheny River Valley. This was accomplished in 1753. In 1754, Washington led Virginian forces against French at Fort Duquesne in the ... ...

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... year 1776 served as a training ground for Washington, Greene, and Knox, the only general officers still in the Continental Army by the time of the last battle, fought in Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781, when American and French troops surrounded British troops led by Cornwallis. For Washington, McCullough writes, "experience had been his greatest teacher from boyhood, and in this his ... ...

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... British fell for the plan and commanded their fleets to retreat to New York, leaving the French fleet untouched. Washington's troops and the French fleets slipped away and headed towards Virginia, where they forced Lord Cornwallis to surrender him and his men at Yorktown. The Patriot victory at Yorktown successfully brought an end to fighting in the American Colonies. On September ... ...

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