Christopher Columbus

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Notable Events and People in Virginia History
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Christopher Columbus

• Columbus spent some of his early years at his
  fathers trade.
• He weaved and later became a sailor on the
  Mediterranean ship.
• He stole from the rich and gave to the poor.
• He sailed on the Mayflower ship to go to England.
• Back then Christopher Columbus had to where white
  wigs.

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George Mason

• He was a auther in 1725 1792.
• Thomas Jefferson called him the wisest man.
• He was the driving forces of the bill of rights
• he was the auther of the 1776 Virginia decletive
  of rights.
• James Madison praised Mason as a powerful resener.

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James Madison

• James Madison was born in 1751.
• Madison was brought up in Orange County,
  Virginia and attended Princeton.
• Virginia Constitution in 1776, severed in the
  Continental Congress.
• Napoleon pretended to comply.
• Late in 1810, Madison proclaimed non-intercourse
  with Great Britain.
• Dolly Madison was James Madisons wife.

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James Monroe

• Born in Westmoreland country
• He joined the anti federalist
• He was are fifth president
• Monroe under took a goodwill tour at Boston
• Monroe accepted Adams advice

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John Brown

• On March 23,1775 he give his speech Give me
  liberty or give me death.
• December 2,1859 was hanged.
• June 21,1820 John Brown marries Dianthe Lusk.
• May 1800 John Brown was born in Torrington,
  Connecticut.
• Then John Brown was in the Holy War.
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Appomattox Court House

• Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at
  Appomattox Court House.
• There are 27 original 19th century structures on
  the site.
• The site also has the home and burial place of
  Joel Sweeney.
• The National Park encompasses about 1,800 acres
  of rolling hills.
• The site includes the McLean home.

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Robert E. Lee

• Born in January 19 1807.
• Died in1870.
• He had a sister
• His brother was light horse Harry Lee
• Lt. Lee was his father
• General lee was not an adviser.
• Lee was made a general in CSA
• Mr. Davis excepted them.
• He had a army.
• He was important.

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Stonewall Jackson

• Born Jan. 21st 1824
• Died May 10th 1863
• In 1863 he joined the army.
• His nickname was Stonewall.
• Confederate general in Civil War.

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BACONS REBELLION

• One of the most intriguing things but confusing
  chapters of Jamestown.
• Went against the governors orders.
• He became a burgesses .
• He was arrested when he went to his seat.
• He became general of some Indians.

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Battle of Manassas

• On a warm July day in 1861 two great armies of a
  divided nation clashed for the first time on the
  fields overlooking Bull Run
• These troops were 90 day volunteers summoned by
  Abraham Lincoln after the startling news of Fort
  Sumter
• Manassas National Battle Field Park was
  established in 1940 to preserve the scene of two
  major Civil war battles

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James Armistead

• James was a slave
• He was general at Yorktown
• He says that spies come from the most unlikely
  places
• He changed his name
• He was hired as a spy

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Nat Turner

• He was born on October 2
• He led one of the first important slave revolts
• His revolt helped to bring about the Civil war
• In his 20s Nat escaped slavery and returned one
  month later to free his people
• 6 days after his trial he was hung in Jamestown
  Virginia November 11 1831

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Abraham Lincoln

• November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln is elected 16th
  U.S. president.
• December 20, 1860 South Carolina secedes from the
  union.
• May 18,1860 Nominated to be the Republican
  candidate for president of the U.S.
• February 11, 1861 Lincoln gives a brief farewell
  to friends and supporters at Springfield and
  leaves by train for Washington.
• March 4, 1861 Inauguration ceremonies in
  Washington.President Lincoln delivers his first
  Inaugural Address.

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Jim Crow Laws

• He wrote newspaper articles.
• Jim Crow Laws had a museum.
• 1880s-1960s a majority of American states
  enforced through Jim Crow Laws (so called after
  a black character in minstrel shows).
• Laws that enforced racial segregation in the V.S.
  south between 1877s and 1950s
• Southern legislation passed laws requiring
  segregation of whites and persons of color, on
  public transportation.

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Arthur Ashe

• Born July 10,1993

• Died February 6,1993

• Marred Jeanne Marie

• Born in New York

• Won a N C A A championship

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Lawrence Douglas Wilder

• Laurence Douglas Wilder (1931) was the first
  African American in the united states to be
  elected governor of a state.
• In 1985 Laurence Douglas Wilder was elected
  lieutenant governor.
• Four years later he became elected governor of
  Virginia.
• Wilder was the first black member of the Senate
  of Virginia in the twentieth century.
• For a brief time in 1991 Wilder was candidate for
  the Democratic Nomination for president of the
  United States.