1.9b Virginia: Virginia’s Revolutionary War Economic Development In our last chapter on Virginia it is, of course, fitting that we conclude our
Category: Virginia Dynasty: Jefferson to Clay
1.9a Virginia: Policy System During the Revolutionary War 1776-1784: an Outline
Virginia’s Policy System post-1776–1784: An Outline If contemporary readers were to read in detail what life and politics were like in the American states
1.8 Virginia: Virginia Writes a Constitution that Created its First Revolutionary War Era Policy System
Virginia Writes a Constitution: Why Should I Read about Writing a State Constitution? Was Virginia’s the first American state constitution? Technically, yes–if you believe that
Eras (and Ages) of American S&L Economic Development AND Early Republic Era
AS TWO SHIPS Those who do not know history are condemned to repeat it–mistakes and all. American state and
1M Knoxville
Why Knoxville as a Case Study?–Knoxville was selected for the following reasons: (1) its dominant Scots-Irish political culture would offer insight as to how that
8.5 Cotton’s Profit Life-Cycle: Tough Times for Cotton Leads to Upcountry Industrialization
Hard times hit the Upcountry especially because its soils were wearing thin. Upcountry plantation owners replaced lost fields by buying out bankrupted neighbors, but increasingly