In this Virginia History Blog, we look at four volumes of George Washington biography. “Washington: A Life” describes the Founder’s personal and political growth in his roles as leader in war and peace. “Ascent of George Washington” focuses on his political practice. “Political Philosophy of George Washington” explores three pillars of his thought. “In the...
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In this Virginia History Blog, we look at three titles on Virginia Colonial Biography and one relating to the out buildings supporting the gentry lifestyle. By calling a meeting of five colonial governors to Annapolis the General Braddock of “Braddock’s March”, is credited with the precursor to the Continental Congress. “Daniel Boone” was the principle...
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We return to Late Colonial history with Frontier and Imperial Virginia 1730-1763 that ends with the conclusion of the French and Indian War. “In the Absence of Towns” looks at the frontier of piedmont Southside Virginia. “Gentry and Commonfolk” consider the class relations on the Virginia frontier from 1730 through the Revolution. “Diversity and Accommodation”...
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Virginia Colonial Wars are introduced with two volumes focusing on English and Native American conflict with “Dominion and Civility” and “Pocahontas, Powhatan, Opechancanough”. Bacon’s Rebellion both as Indian war and colonial rebellion is described in “Tales from a Revolution”, and it is put in context of Virginia’s early colonial wars in the social history, “The...
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