... 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 has 95 counties, 40 independent cities, and 189 incorporated towns. Virginia's major industries include manufacturing, exports, tourism, technology, and agriculture. The Official state emblems are milk for beverage ... , cardinal for bird, foxhound for dog, brook trout for fish, dogwood for flower, square dancing for dance, and oyster for shell. Virginia's flag contains the state seal in a field of bl...

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... keep Lewis' mission a secret (Gunderson 6-7). The secret was well kept until President Jefferson made one of the most remarkable real-estate deals in history. Jefferson purchased the eight hundred thousand square miles west of the Mississippi for fifteen million dollars, almost doubling the size of the United States (Huntington 1). In February 1801, President Thomas Jefferson chose Meriwether Lewis to be his ... ...

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... most significant territory purchased by the U.S. during its' time period. It was a negotiation for land between the United States and France in 1803, in which the U.S. gained approximately 827,000 square miles of land to the west of the Mississippi River for $15 million dollars. Initially, Jefferson envisioned on obtaining the territory from Spain but events were altered and the U.S not ... ...

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... what he needed to finance his endeavors in Europe. The land that Napoleon would sell to the United States, in what is known as the Louisiana Purchase, was 828,000 square miles. It later would become all or part of 15 of the United States and two Canadian provinces. The land covered all or part of the following states: Arkansas, Missouri ... ...

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... turned Louisiana over to the United States(Jefferson 160-164). The Louisiana Purchase, extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains doubled the national domain, increasing it 828,000 square miles. The final boundaries of the territory were not settled for many years, since the treaty did not set the limits of the territory (Crawley 129). Despite Jefferson's claims that ... ...

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... 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 River to the Rocky Mountains. This cost America about $12,000,000 but it inevitably doubled the size ... ...

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... nose and throat regions. 1805 Amphibious Vehicle Oliver Evans uses a steam powered engine and wooded wheels to construct a vehicle capable of functioning in water which he demonstrated in Philadelphia's Center Square. 1807 Steamboat Originally invented by Robert Fulton, the steamboat used a steam engine and paddle wheels. Although it was extremely slow, rarely breaking 5 mph, it was useful for trade in the ... ...

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... "the interior of the house was said to be among the finest in Virginia."" (Figure 10) Behind the salon was an ornate two-story octagonal drawing room with two large, square bedrooms in each of the east and west wings, extending from the central portion of the house. (figure 11) The interior of the house was decorated in fine woodwork and ... ...

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