James City County, Virginia

Bladensburg is a small town within Prince George’s County, Maryland. Though only 1.1 miles in size , Bladensburg is able to boast a rich history due to its placement along the Anacostia River and its proximity to Washington D.C. The name of Bladensburg comes from Thomas Bladen a “resident of Prince Georges County” and Maryland’s provincial governor from1742 to1747. Bladen was the first provincial governor of Maryland to be born in Maryland, but the land that made up the town before 1742 had a different

raided south, near the James River. Bacon’s attitude was soon found to be much to the dislike of Gov. Berkeley and Bacon was expelled from his council seat and declared to be in rebellion after he attacked his allies, the Occaneechi tribe, and killed many men, women, and children in addition to looting their town. Berkeley then called an assembly for the petitioning of a new governor created by Charles II. Surprisingly, Bacon was elected for a burgess for Henrico County. When Bacon tried to take

Courage. Bacon’s Rebellion, also known as the Virginia Rebellion, took place in Jamestown, Virginia in 1676. “Bacon 's Rebellion was probably one of the most confusing yet intriguing chapters in Jamestown 's history” (McCulley). This rebellion is considered to be the first “stirring of revolutionary sentiment in America,...(McCulley).” It is still disputed by historians today about whether the attack by Nathaniel Bacon on the governor of Virginia, Sir William Berkeley, was justified or not.

which later wrote the U.S. Constitution. In addition to these achievements, which created a strong foundation for America, he became the country’s first presidential leader. George Washington was born on Pope’s Creek Plantation in Westmoreland County, Virginia on February 22, 1732. He was the son of Augustine Washington and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington. Pursuant to the death of Washington’s father at a young age and experiences of hardships from colonial life on the edge of the wilderness

“We must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill,” (Document A) John Winthrop wrote. New England's colonies set high goals for their governments and intertwined them with their Christian faiths. “1. We intend by God's grace, as soon as we can, with all convenient speed, to procure some

Introduction The Civil War was a war between the union, and confederate states in the United States that occurred from 1861-1865. Many people believed that the Civil War was about slavery and southern states right to defend their states’ rights. The confederates were fighting for their liberty and independence under the leadership of Abraham Lincoln, who they felt was a tyrant. However, the union, was fighting to preserve their territory, that was created by their founding fathers from chaos and

Edwin Wiley Grove born in Hardeman County Tennessee in 1850 was the son of James Henry and Mary Jane Harris Grove. Both of his parents were natives of Virginia. His father was a confederate soldier and serves with a general who's name was Nathan B. Forrest. Years after Grove was born he went to Memphis to study pharmacy. Then, in 1880 he made his own pharmacy in a small town called Paris, Tennessee. That's where he worked as a drugstore clerk earlier before he went to Memphis. In Paris he had created

Ash Lawn-Highland is the home of James Monroe, fifth President of the United States, and its located on the outskirts of Charlottesville in Albemarle, Virginia. Originally, owned by Champe Carter, Ash Lawn-Highland was a part of a much larger estate known as the Blenheim. This changed in 1793 when James Monroe purchased the land from Carter for 1,000 pounds. After several delays, Monroe, and his family moved to the Highland in 1799, where they would stay until 1825. The Highland, as Monroe and his

have been exonerated from the death row because they were found innocent of the crime they were once found guilty of committing. Therefore, how many mistakes have been made by the capital punishment system? Alexis Stodghill reports that Professor James Stodghill from Columbia University found in an execution study that 82% of death row inmates did not deserve the death penalty and one in twenty is later found not guilty.

ruling to fruition and federal involvement was needed. The Chicago Public School’s Desegregation Consent Decree of 1980 was the order that changed the public schools for the good. Chicago’s story of integration is different than those of other big cities in the U.S, due to the federal government 's large involvement. Through the years after the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling, the School Superintendents changed and school desegregation was faced in different ways. This essay examines what led