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    regions that many historians tend to articulate about. Consisting of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire, the New England region presents many intriguing ways of achieving their goals. Likewise, the Chesapeake Bay, which contain Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina and part of South Carolina, also have their own ways of achieving different goals. While many focus on the differences of each region, others focus on the similarities that each of the regions possess. Using common knowledge

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    The new constitution formulated comprised of seven articles that explain how a government should work in order to provide its citizens with the basic rights. This new system divided the power between the federal government and the states. Furthermore, the American Revolution is extremely important as the constitution that was later formulated still serves the basis of the American constitution. Even though several amendments have been made to the constitution, the revolutionary principles upon which

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    Virginia’s statewide tests” talks about the Standards of Learning (SOL) exams. According to Virginia officials, the SOL is more difficult than national standards and is similar to the Common Core State Standards. The SOL is a high-stakes series of exams that assess the students understanding of the required curriculum across core subjects such as reading, writing, social science, mathematics, and science. Virginia students begin taking SOL exams in third grade until they graduate high school (Balingit

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    Throughout Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia, Woody Holton argues that the causes of the Revolutionary War are different than what most people once concluded. Although many American's believe that George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are the men who led this revolution, Holton brings up a new theory on how the war began. As Holton's title states, he believes that Indians, debtors, and slaves had a bigger role in the making of the American

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    speaker at the 2013 National Veterans Conference in St. Louis and the 2012 Virginia Women’s Business Conference. She was the featured speaker for the Business Women of Loudoun and was published in I AM Modern Magazine. She is currently guest lecturing for the MBA students at Johns Hopkins University, American University, and George Mason University, while guest lecturing for undergraduate students at Radford University, Virginia Commonwealth University, George Mason University and University of Maryland

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    What were Thomas Jefferson’s, Alexander Hamilton’s, John Jay’s, and James Madison’s reasons behind the United States historical government documents? During the time period of the founding father’s the American colonies were barely starting to form a government and it had its flaws and they still had to deal with gaining their independence from Great Britain. The Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson was written to give reasons to why the American colonies are going to separate

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    Both movies reflect on leadership and teambuilding, but first, let us get a little background on the two movies. Remember the Titans, tells the story of a newly integrated high school football team. It takes place in 1971 in the city of Alexandria, Virginia at T. C. Williams High School. When the school board decides to consolidate and integrate all the schools in the district, T. C. Williams finds itself caught up in the middle of racial tensions as both blacks and whites are now attending the same

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    A Rhetorical Analysis of Patrick Henry’s ‘Speech To The Virginia Convention’ The prominent patriot Patrick Henry once said, “I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” (Henry 7) implying that a life without liberty is not a righteous life. Henry’s quote is included in his popular oratory “Speech to the Virginia Convention.” While discussing with the colonists, Henry lists all of the discrepancies the thirteen colonies had with Great Britain, concluding

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    Describe and analyze Reconstruction. Did Reconstruction have any successes? The end of civil war in the United States of America brought about many problems, in particular for the South. Some of the problems were political, economic decay and social disorder. The war destroyed the plantations and crops thus causing many to starve to death while others became homeless. The reconstruction became the only hope for the people. Radical reconstruction began in 1867, which enabled the freed black men to

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    The Civil War has been described as one of the most important occurrences in the life of the United States. It was period in time when the United States was no longer united, but instead was split between the north and south due to the ongoing feud over of the legal standing of slavery nationwide. For four years, many people were subjected to horrific measures, especially the soldiers that participated in combat. Despite the brutality of battle, soldiers experienced a numerous amount of daily hardships

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