colonial beach.
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Colonial Beach is a town in Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States. The population was 3,542 at the 2010 census. Possessing the second-largest beachfront in the state, Colonial Beach was a popular resort town in the early to mid-20th century, before the Chesapeake Bay Bridge made ocean beaches on the Eastern Shore of Maryland more accessible to visitors from Washington, D.C. The family of Alexander Graham Bell maintained a summer home in Colonial Beach, the Bell House, which still stands today. Sloan Wilson, author of The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, retired and died in Colonial Beach. George Washington, the first President of the United States, was born near here at what is now the George Washington Birthplace National Monument. As of 2011, the James Monroe Family Home Site, birthplace of President James Monroe, now has a small monument to him.
History
The town was first settled in 1650 by the great-great grandfather of President James Monroe, as Monrovia.
Colonial Beach emerged as a bathing and fishing resort in the late 19th century known as the Playground on the Potomac. Prior to automobile travel, most visitors arrived by boat from Washington, D.C.
The town was incorporated on 25 February 1892 and there was extensive construction of houses, summer cottages, and hotels. Arguably the most famous of these structures is the Alexander Graham Bell house which still stands on Irving Avenue as the Bell House Bed and Breakfast.
The area was at the center of the Potomac River Oyster Wars between Virginia watermen and the Maryland State Oyster Police that lasted from the late 19th century to the 1960s.
The town began to gradually decline as the automobile made travel to more distant ocean beaches more feasible. However, because gambling was legal in Maryland and the Maryland state line ends at the low-water mark of Virginia's Potomac River shore, from 1949to 1958, Colonial Beach offered slot machines in pier casinos extending into Maryland waters. This temporarily revitalized the town, although it was sometimes called the poor man's Las Vegas.However, the piers burned in the 1960s in a devastating fire and the town continued to decline.
Entrance to the Colonial Beach Municipal Pier
The town is ranked fifth-safest place to live in Virginia by Safewise.
Ash Lawn-Highland Home of President James Monroe
Images of Ash Lawn-Highland in Virginia. Home of James Monroe who was the 5th President of the United States. Enjoy!
Potomac Beach at George Washington Birthplace National Monument
Potomac Beach
Visiting the Homes of Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe: Part III
Africa Teach-In Visits Monticello and Ash Lawn Highland in Charlottesville, Virginia
MONROE HILL | a film by Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Through a number of interviews with experts and academics, Monroe Hill unearths the history of the site that contains the last remaining structures of the late 18th century southern plantation. These surviving structures are silent witnesses to Monroe’s struggle as a farmer and a politician from 1789 through 1817. The film includes the chapter of James Monroe's life as Minister to France and his relationship with Thomas Paine, Tom Wolfe, Adrienne de La Fayette, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton.
Featuring extensive documentation, interviews, and rare footage from D. W. Griffith’ America and Orphans of the Storm, the film brings to light an unexplored period of the life of James Monroe. The director resorts to the backdrop of Colonial Williamsburg in the late 1910s and early 1920s -as seen in Griffith’s “America”- to recreate the experience of Monroe in Charlottesville at the turn of the 18th century: sequences and isolated scenes from Orphans of the Storm” will also serve the purpose of illustrating the life of James Monroe from 1794 -shortly after his arrival as Minister Plenipotentiary in 1794- until his return to the United States.
Monroe Hill is an investigation of a space stationary in time, an archeologically challenging experience that explores a place as well as the people that helped to transform it; thus, challenging the idea of a mythical birthplace of the University of Virginia. The film also explores other similar properties owned by James Monroe during the last decade of the 18th century, such as Limestone Plantation.
Monroe Hill was shot on location at the University of Virginia and various other locations in Paris, Philadelphia, Richmond, Washington, Fredericksburg and New York. The film was made possible with an award of $85,000 from the Jefferson Trust, an initiative of the Alumni Association of the University of Virginia.
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HERITAGE FILM PROJECT presents MONROE HILL a film by EDUARDO MONTES-BRADLEY made possible through an award from THE JEFFERSON TRUST | in collaboration with BROWN COLLEGE | CURRY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION | ASH LAWN-HIGHLAND with the support of THE OFFICE OF THE PROVOST & VICE PROVOST OF THE ARTS | THE PAPERS OF JAMES MONROE | WASHINGTON PAPERS | THE JAMES MONROE MUSEUM & THE PRESIDENTIAL PRECINCT | 52 min. | HD | 16:9
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With Monroe Hill, Eduardo Montes-Bradley has produced a magnificent work of scholarship. Drawing together historical images, silent-era-black-and-white film footage, and modern commentary, the documentary persuasively argues for Monroe Hill's pivotal place in the development of the United States as a new nation. James Monroe began farming the property in 1789, the same year that the government began under the Constitution. Initially intended as a prosperous agricultural seat, Monroe Hill became instead a great seat of public learning. Rather than crops, the land yielded minds and knowledge, two essentials in the country's conflicted but persistent rise to prominence.” William Ferraro | Washington Papers.
Potomac River looks like the ocean.
Trip back to Colonial Beach the winds picked up and turned the Potomac River into rough water.
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Belle Grove Plantation Port Conway, VA exterior grounds and outbuildings.
February 20, 2018
Michelle Darnell who leases part of the property to operate the birthplace of fourth United States President James Madison as a bed-and-breakfast gives us a prelude to the impending collapse of the outbuildings that is now occurring on a daily basis
GOPR0899 Tour of Replica of Jamestown Fort in Jamestown, Virginia
I took this with my GoPro HD Hero 2 on a camera wand so that I could get above people's heads. it starts looking at the harbor where the replica ships are located... there's also a part 2.
400th Commemorative Ceremony of the First Legislative Assembly
American Industrial Revolution | Wikipedia audio article
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00:07:50 1 Pre-European technology
00:09:48 2 Colonial era
00:09:58 2.1 Agriculture
00:10:59 2.2 Artisanship
00:11:52 2.3 Silver working
00:16:23 2.4 Factories and mills
00:23:11 2.5 Turnpikes and canals
00:32:28 2.6 Steamboats
00:35:28 2.7 Mining
00:35:36 2.8 Civil War
00:35:49 3 Technological systems and infrastructure
00:36:30 3.1 Railroads
00:39:13 3.2 Iron and steel-making
00:43:10 3.3 Telegraph and telephone
00:46:00 3.4 Petroleum
00:49:59 3.5 Electricity
00:56:24 3.6 Automobiles
01:00:05 4 Effects of industrialization
01:00:15 4.1 Agricultural production
01:03:12 4.2 Urbanization
01:04:36 4.3 Labor issues and immigration
01:06:25 4.4 Banking, trading, and financial services
01:07:03 4.5 Regulation
01:07:37 5 Military-industrial-academic complex
01:08:52 5.1 Research universities
01:11:08 5.2 World War I and World War II
01:13:18 5.3 Cold War and Space Race
01:15:16 5.4 Computers and information networks
01:16:46 6 Service industry
01:16:56 6.1 Health care and biotechnology
01:19:06 6.2 News, media, and entertainment
01:19:22 7 Technology and society
01:19:40 8 See also
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The technological and industrial history of the United States describes the United States' emergence as one of the most technologically advanced nations in the world. The availability of land and literate labor, the absence of a landed aristocracy, the prestige of entrepreneurship, the diversity of climate and a large easily accessed upscale and literate free market all contributed to America's rapid industrialisation. The availability of capital, development by the free market of navigable rivers, and coastal waterways, and the abundance of natural resources facilitated the cheap extraction of energy all contributed to America's rapid industrialization. Fast transport by the very large railroad built in the mid-19th century, and the Interstate Highway System built in the late 20th century, enlarged the markets and reducing shipping and production costs. The legal system facilitated business operations and guaranteed contracts. Cut off from Europe by the embargo and the British blockade in the War of 1812 (1807–15), entrepreneurs opened factories in the Northeast that set the stage for rapid industrialization modeled on British innovations.
From its emergence as an independent nation, the United States has encouraged science and innovation. As a result, the United States has been the birthplace of 161 of Britannica's 321 Greatest Inventions, including items such as the airplane, internet, microchip, laser, cellphone, refrigerator, email, microwave, personal computer, Liquid-crystal display and light-emitting diode technology, air conditioning, assembly line, supermarket, bar code, automated teller machine, and many more.The early technological and industrial development in the United States was facilitated by a unique confluence of geographical, social, and economic factors. The relative lack of workers kept United States wages nearly always higher than corresponding British and European workers and provided an incentive to mechanize some tasks. The United States population had some semi-unique advantages in that they were former British subjects, had high English literacy skills, for that period (over 80% in New England), had strong British institutions, with some minor American modifications, of courts, laws, right to vote, protection of property rights and in many cases personal contacts among the British innovators of the Industrial Revolution. They had a good basic structure to build on. Another major advantage, which the British lacked, was no inherited aristocratic institutions. The eastern seaboard of the United States, with a great number of ri ...
History of the Southern United States
The history of the Southern United States reaches back hundreds of years and includes the Mississippian people, well known for their mound building. European history in the region began in the very earliest days of the exploration and colonization of North America. Spain, France, and England eventually explored and claimed parts of what is now the Southern United States, and the cultural influences of each can still be seen in the region today. In the centuries since, the history of the Southern United States has recorded a large number of important events, including the American Revolution, the American Civil War, the ending of slavery, and the American Civil Rights Movement.
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History of the Southern United States | Wikipedia audio article
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History of the Southern United States
00:00:39 1 Native American civilizations
00:01:27 2 European colonization
00:01:37 2.1 Spanish exploration
00:03:42 2.2 French colonization
00:05:00 3 British colonial era (1607–1775)
00:08:28 3.1 Rise of tobacco culture and slavery in the colonial South
00:11:05 3.2 Growth of the Southern colonies
00:13:39 4 American Revolution
00:16:34 5 Antebellum era (1783–1861)
00:19:08 5.1 Antebellum slavery
00:20:24 5.2 Nullification crisis, political representation, and rising sectionalism
00:22:55 5.3 Sectional parity and issue of slavery in new territories
00:25:47 5.4 Election of 1860, secession, and Lincoln's response
00:27:41 6 Civil War (1861–1865)
00:30:35 6.1 Leadership
00:32:37 6.2 Abolition of slavery
00:34:18 6.3 Railroads
00:36:18 6.4 Sherman's March
00:38:07 7 Reconstruction (1863–1877)
00:39:43 7.1 Material ruin and human losses
00:45:42 7.2 Political Reconstruction (1863–1877)
00:47:34 7.3 Railroads
00:48:43 7.4 Backlash to Reconstruction
00:49:50 8 Origins of the New South (1877–1913)
00:51:09 8.1 Race: from Jim Crow to the Civil Rights movement
00:54:18 9 Rural South
00:57:25 10 Creating the New South (1945–present)
01:01:26 11 Southern presidents
01:05:22 12 See also
01:06:10 13 Footnotes
01:06:19 14 Further reading
01:11:28 14.1 Historiography
01:13:04 14.2 Primary sources
01:14:20 15 External links
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The history of the Southern United States reaches back hundreds of years and includes the Mississippian people, well known for their mound building. European history in the region began in the very earliest days of the exploration and colonization of North America. Spain, France, and England eventually explored and claimed parts of what is now the Southern United States, and the cultural influences of each can still be seen in the region today. In the centuries since, the history of the Southern United States has recorded a large number of important events, including the American Revolution, the American Civil War, the ending of slavery, and the American Civil Rights Movement.
Country music | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:40 1 Origins
00:02:05 1.1 Role of East Tennessee
00:03:05 2 Generations
00:10:10 3 History
00:10:19 3.1 First generation (1920s)
00:13:18 3.2 Second generation (1930s–1940s)
00:14:48 3.2.1 Singing cowboys and Western swing
00:16:30 3.2.2 Changing instrumentation
00:18:13 3.2.3 Hillbilly boogie
00:19:34 3.2.4 Bluegrass, folk and gospel
00:20:55 3.2.5 Honky tonk
00:22:59 3.3 Third generation (1950s–1960s)
00:25:35 3.3.1 Rockabilly
00:28:12 3.3.2 The Nashville and countrypolitan sounds
00:30:25 3.3.3 Country-soul crossover
00:30:57 3.3.4 Bakersfield sound
00:32:25 3.4 Decline of Western music and the cowboy ballad
00:33:32 3.5 Fourth generation (1970s–1980s)
00:33:45 3.5.1 Outlaw country and Red Dirt
00:35:55 3.5.2 Country pop
00:41:33 3.5.3 Country rock
00:44:37 3.5.4 Neocountry
00:45:56 3.5.5 Truck driving country
00:46:55 3.5.6 Neotraditionalist movement
00:48:36 3.6 Fifth generation (1990s)
00:50:59 3.6.1 Success of female artists
00:54:36 3.6.2 Line dancing revival
00:55:34 3.6.3 Alt-country/Americana
01:00:35 3.7 Sixth generation (2000s–present)
01:02:07 3.7.1 Popular culture
01:12:23 3.7.2 Pop-Country
01:13:14 4 International
01:13:23 4.1 Canada
01:18:48 4.2 Australia
01:28:04 4.3 United Kingdom
01:33:18 4.4 Other international country music
01:34:49 4.4.1 Latin America
01:36:56 4.4.2 Asia
01:39:09 4.4.3 Europe
01:41:33 5 Performers and shows
01:41:44 5.1 US cable television
01:43:00 5.2 Canadian television
01:44:40 5.3 Australian cable television
01:44:59 5.4 UK digital television
01:45:25 5.5 Festivals
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Country music, also known as country and western (or simply country), and hillbilly music, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s. It takes its roots from genres such as American folk music (especially Appalachian folk and Western music) and blues.
Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms, folk lyrics, and harmonies mostly accompanied by string instruments such as banjos, electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitars (such as pedal steels and dobros), and fiddles as well as harmonicas. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history.According to Lindsey Starnes, the term country music gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the earlier term hillbilly music; it came to encompass Western music, which evolved parallel to hillbilly music from similar roots, in the mid-20th century. In 2009 in the United States, country music was the most listened to rush hour radio genre during the evening commute, and second most popular in the morning commute.The term country music is used today to describe many styles and subgenres. The origins of country music are found in the folk music of working class Americans, who blended popular songs, Irish and Celtic fiddle tunes, traditional English ballads, cowboy songs, and the musical traditions of various groups of European immigrants.
Louisiana | Wikipedia audio article
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Louisiana
00:02:23 1 Etymology
00:03:16 2 Geology
00:04:59 3 Geography
00:09:22 3.1 Climate
00:12:56 3.2 Hurricanes since 1950
00:17:34 4 Publicly-owned land
00:19:16 4.1 National Park Service
00:20:06 4.2 US Forest Service
00:20:29 4.3 State parks and recreational areas
00:20:48 4.4 Wildlife management areas
00:21:14 4.5 Natural and Scenic Rivers
00:21:37 5 Transportation
00:22:38 5.1 Interstate highways
00:22:47 5.2 United States highways
00:28:03 6 History
00:33:37 6.1 Pre-colonial history
00:40:16 6.2 Exploration and colonization by Europeans
00:41:34 6.3 Expansion of slavery
00:48:14 6.4 Haitian migration and influence
00:48:58 6.5 Purchase by the United States (1803)
00:50:16 6.6 Statehood (1812)
00:54:37 6.7 Secession and the Civil War (1860–1865)
00:58:09 6.8 Post-Civil War to mid-20th century (1865–1945)
00:59:16 6.9 Post-World War II (1945–)
01:00:11 6.10 2000 to present
01:01:18 7 Demographics
01:04:26 7.1 Race and ethnicity
01:04:34 7.2 Religion
01:07:35 7.3 Major cities
01:08:35 8 Economy
01:10:46 8.1 Federal subsidies and spending
01:11:56 8.2 Energy
01:12:48 9 Law and government
01:14:28 9.1 Administrative divisions
01:15:25 9.2 Civil law
01:18:55 9.3 Marriage
01:22:01 9.4 Elections
01:22:42 9.5 Law enforcement
01:23:33 9.6 Judiciary
01:23:42 10 National Guard
01:24:41 11 Media
01:26:15 12 Education
01:26:37 13 Sports
01:27:45 14 Culture
01:29:36 14.1 African culture
01:30:52 14.2 Louisiana Creole culture
01:31:51 14.3 Acadian culture
01:36:09 14.4 Isleño culture
01:36:17 14.5 Languages
01:36:25 14.6 Literature
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Louisiana is a state in the Deep South region of the southeastern United States. It is the 31st most extensive and the 25th most populous of the 50 United States. Louisiana is bordered by Arkansas to the north, Mississippi to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and the state of Texas to the west. A large part of its eastern boundary is demarcated by the Mississippi River. Louisiana is the only U.S. state with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are equivalent to counties. The state's capital is Baton Rouge, and its largest city is New Orleans.
Much of the state's lands were formed from sediment washed down the Mississippi River, leaving enormous deltas and vast areas of coastal marsh and swamp. These contain a rich southern biota; typical examples include birds such as ibis and egrets. There are also many species of tree frogs, and fish such as sturgeon and paddlefish. In more elevated areas, fire is a natural process in the landscape, and has produced extensive areas of longleaf pine forest and wet savannas. These support an exceptionally large number of plant species, including many species of terrestrial orchids and carnivorous plants. Louisiana has more Native American tribes than any other southern state, including four that are federally recognized, ten that are state recognized, and four that have not received recognition.Some Louisiana urban environments have a multicultural, multilingual heritage, being so strongly influenced by a mixture of 18th-century French, Haitian, Spanish, Native American, and African cultures that they are considered to be exceptional in the US. Before the American purchase of the territory in 1803, present-day Louisiana State had been both a French colony and for a brief period a Spanish one. In addition, colonists imported numerous African people as slaves in the 18th century. Many came from peoples of the same region of West Africa, thus concentrating their culture. In the post-Civil War environment, Anglo-Americans increased the pressure for Anglicization, and in 1921, English was for a time made the sole language of instruction in Louisiana schools before a policy of multilingualism was revived in 1974. There has never been an official language in Louisiana, and the state constitution enumerates the right of the people to preserve, foster, and promote their respective historic, lingu ...
History of the United States Marine Corps | Wikipedia audio article
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00:04:13 1 Background
00:11:42 1.1 Colonial era
00:16:49 2 Continental era
00:45:42 3 Establishment of the modern Marine Corps
00:50:42 3.1 Henderson's era
00:55:17 4 Civil War
00:59:24 4.1 Confederate Marines
00:59:42 5 Latter 19th century
01:02:50 5.1 Spanish– & Philippine–American Wars
01:04:52 6 Early 1900s
01:08:18 6.1 Banana Wars
01:14:35 7 World War I
01:18:19 7.1 A new amphibious mission
01:23:54 8 World War II
01:27:32 8.1 Interim: WWII-Korea
01:33:24 9 Korean War
01:35:07 9.1 Interim: Korea-Vietnam
01:36:31 10 Vietnam War
01:37:30 10.1 Interim: post-Vietnam War
01:41:24 11 The 1990s
01:41:33 11.1 Gulf War
01:42:11 11.2 Bosnian War
01:43:26 11.3 Other
01:45:34 12 Twenty-first century
01:46:42 12.1 War in Afghanistan
01:47:51 12.2 Iraq War
01:49:26 13 See also
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The history of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) begins with the founding of the Continental Marines on 10 November 1775 to conduct ship-to-ship fighting, provide shipboard security and discipline enforcement, and assist in landing forces. Its mission evolved with changing military doctrine and foreign policy of the United States. Owing to the availability of Marine forces at sea, the United States Marine Corps has served in nearly every conflict in United States history. It attained prominence when its theories and practice of amphibious warfare proved prescient, and ultimately formed a cornerstone of the Pacific Theater of World War II. By the early 20th century, the Marine Corps would become one of the dominant theorists and practitioners of amphibious warfare. Its ability to rapidly respond on short notice to expeditionary crises has made and continues to make it an important tool for U.S. foreign policy.In February 1776, the Continental Marines embarked on their maiden expedition. The Continental Marines were disbanded at the end of the war, along with the Continental Navy. In preparation for the Quasi-War with France, Congress created the United States Navy and the Marine Corps. The Marines' most famous action of this period occurred in the First Barbary War (1801–1805) against the Barbary pirates. In the Mexican–American War (1846–1848), the Marines made their famed assault on Chapultepec Palace, which overlooked Mexico City, their first major expeditionary venture. In the 1850s, the Marines would see service in Panama, and in Asia. During the U.S. Civil War (1861–1865) the Marine Corps played only a minor role after their participation in the Union defeat at the first battle of First Bull Run/Manassas. Their most important task was blockade duty and other ship-board battles, but they were mobilized for a handful of operations as the war progressed. The remainder of the 19th century would be a period of declining strength and introspection about the mission of the Marine Corps. Under Commandant Jacob Zeilin's term (1864–1876), many Marine customs and traditions took shape. During the Spanish–American War (1898), Marines would lead U.S. forces ashore in the Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, demonstrating their readiness for deployment. Between 1900 and 1916, the Marine Corps continued its record of participation in foreign expeditions, especially in the Caribbean and Central and South America, which included Panama, Cuba, Veracruz, Haiti, Santo Domingo, and Nicaragua.
In World War I, battle-tested, veteran Marines served a central role in the United States' entry into the conflict. Between the world wars, the Marine Corps was headed by Major General John A. Lejeune, another popular commandant. In World War II, the Marines played a central role, under Admiral Nimitz, in the Pacific War, participating in nearly every significant battle. The Corps also ...
William Rosecrans | Wikipedia audio article
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William Rosecrans
00:02:03 1 Early life and education
00:04:25 2 Career
00:07:14 2.1 American Civil War
00:10:01 2.1.1 Western Theater
00:10:49 2.1.2 Iuka
00:14:54 2.1.3 Corinth
00:20:26 2.1.4 Army of the Cumberland
00:21:59 2.1.5 Stones River
00:24:57 2.1.6 Tullahoma
00:30:04 2.1.7 Chickamauga
00:35:38 2.1.8 Missouri and resignation
00:37:29 3 Later life
00:41:58 4 Death
00:42:46 5 Legacy
00:44:15 6 See also
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William Starke Rosecrans (September 6, 1819 – March 11, 1898) was an American inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and U.S. Army officer. He gained fame for his role as a Union general during the American Civil War. He was the victor at prominent Western Theater battles, but his military career was effectively ended following his disastrous defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863.
Rosecrans graduated in 1842 from the West Point Military Academy where he served in engineering assignments as well as a professor before leaving the Army to pursue a career in civil engineering. At the start of the Civil War, leading troops from Ohio, he achieved early combat success in western Virginia. In 1862 in the Western Theater, he won the battles of Iuka and Corinth while under the command of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. His brusque, outspoken manner and willingness to quarrel openly with superiors caused a professional rivalry with Grant (as well as with Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton) that would adversely affect Rosecrans' career.
Given command of the Army of the Cumberland, he fought against Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg at Stones River, and later outmaneuvered him in the brilliant Tullahoma Campaign, driving the Confederates from Middle Tennessee. His strategic movements then caused Bragg to abandon the critical city of Chattanooga, but Rosecrans' pursuit of Bragg ended during the bloody Battle of Chickamauga, where his unfortunately worded order mistakenly opened a gap in the Union line and Rosecrans and a third of his army were swept from the field. Besieged in Chattanooga, Rosecrans was relieved of command by Grant.
Following his humiliating defeat, Rosecrans was reassigned to command the Department of Missouri, where he opposed Price's Raid. He was briefly considered as a vice presidential running mate for Abraham Lincoln in 1864. After the war, he served in diplomatic and appointed political positions and in 1880 was elected to Congress, representing California.
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00:02:24 1 Etymology
00:03:17 2 Geology
00:05:01 3 Geography
00:09:24 3.1 Climate
00:12:59 3.2 Hurricanes since 1950
00:17:38 4 Publicly-owned land
00:19:20 4.1 National Park Service
00:20:11 4.2 US Forest Service
00:20:33 4.3 State parks and recreational areas
00:20:52 4.4 Wildlife management areas
00:21:18 4.5 Natural and Scenic Rivers
00:21:41 5 Transportation
00:22:43 5.1 Interstate highways
00:22:51 5.2 United States highways
00:28:09 6 History
00:33:44 6.1 Pre-colonial history
00:40:25 6.2 Exploration and colonization by Europeans
00:41:43 6.3 Expansion of slavery
00:48:24 6.4 Haitian migration and influence
00:49:08 6.5 Purchase by the United States (1803)
00:50:27 6.6 Statehood (1812)
00:54:49 6.7 Secession and the Civil War (1860–1865)
00:58:23 6.8 Post-Civil War to mid-20th century (1865–1945)
00:59:30 6.9 Post-World War II (1945–)
01:00:24 6.10 2000 to present
01:01:33 7 Demographics
01:04:41 7.1 Race and ethnicity
01:04:50 7.2 Religion
01:07:52 7.3 Major cities
01:08:52 8 Economy
01:11:02 8.1 Federal subsidies and spending
01:12:13 8.2 Energy
01:13:04 9 Law and government
01:14:46 9.1 Administrative divisions
01:15:43 9.2 Civil law
01:19:13 9.3 Marriage
01:22:20 9.4 Elections
01:23:02 9.5 Law enforcement
01:23:53 9.6 Judiciary
01:24:02 10 National Guard
01:25:01 11 Media
01:26:35 12 Education
01:26:57 13 Sports
01:28:05 14 Culture
01:29:57 14.1 African culture
01:31:13 14.2 Louisiana Creole culture
01:32:13 14.3 Acadian culture
01:36:31 14.4 Isleño culture
01:36:40 14.5 Languages
01:36:48 14.6 Literature
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Louisiana is a state in the Deep South region of the southeastern United States. It is the 31st most extensive and the 25th most populous of the 50 United States. Louisiana is bordered by Arkansas to the north, Mississippi to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and the state of Texas to the west. A large part of its eastern boundary is demarcated by the Mississippi River. Louisiana is the only U.S. state with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are equivalent to counties. The state's capital is Baton Rouge, and its largest city is New Orleans.
Much of the state's lands were formed from sediment washed down the Mississippi River, leaving enormous deltas and vast areas of coastal marsh and swamp. These contain a rich southern biota; typical examples include birds such as ibis and egrets. There are also many species of tree frogs, and fish such as sturgeon and paddlefish. In more elevated areas, fire is a natural process in the landscape, and has produced extensive areas of longleaf pine forest and wet savannas. These support an exceptionally large number of plant species, including many species of terrestrial orchids and carnivorous plants. Louisiana has more Native American tribes than any other southern state, including four that are federally recognized, ten that are state recognized, and four that have not received recognition.Some Louisiana urban environments have a multicultural, multilingual heritage, being so strongly influenced by a mixture of 18th-century French, Haitian, Spanish, Native American, and African cultures that they are considered to be exceptional in the US. Before the American purchase of the territory in 1803, present-day Louisiana State had been both a French colony and for a brief period a Spanish one. In addition, colonists imported numerous African people as slaves in the 18th century. Many came from peoples of the same region of West Africa, thus concentrating their culture. In the post-Civil War environment, Anglo-Americans increased the pressure for Anglicization, and in 1921, English was for a time made the sole language of instruction in Louisiana schools before a policy of multilingualism was revived in 1974. There has never been an official language in Louisiana, and the state constitution enumerates the right of the people to preserve, foster, and promote their respective historic, lingu ...
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Louisiana is a state in the Deep South region of the southeastern United States. It is the 31st most extensive and the 25th most populous of the 50 United States. Louisiana is bordered by Arkansas to the north, Mississippi to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and the state of Texas to the west. A large part of its eastern boundary is demarcated by the Mississippi River. Louisiana is the only U.S. state with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are equivalent to counties. The state's capital is Baton Rouge, and its largest city is New Orleans.
Much of the state's lands were formed from sediment washed down the Mississippi River, leaving enormous deltas and vast areas of coastal marsh and swamp. These contain a rich southern biota; typical examples include birds such as ibis and egrets. There are also many species of tree frogs, and fish such as sturgeon and paddlefish. In more elevated areas, fire is a natural process in the landscape, and has produced extensive areas of longleaf pine forest and wet savannas. These support an exceptionally large number of plant species, including many species of terrestrial orchids and carnivorous plants. Louisiana has more Native American tribes than any other southern state, including four that are federally recognized, ten that are state recognized, and four that have not received recognition.Some Louisiana urban environments have a multicultural, multilingual heritage, being so strongly influenced by a mixture of 18th-century French, Haitian, Spanish, Native American, and African cultures that they are considered to be exceptional in the US. Before the American purchase of the territory in 1803, present-day Louisiana State had been both a French colony and for a brief period a Spanish one. In addition, colonists imported numerous African people as slaves in the 18th century. Many came from peoples of the same region of West Africa, thus concentrating their culture. In the post-Civil War environment, Anglo-Americans increased the pressure for Anglicization, and in 1921, English was for a time made the sole language of instruction in Louisiana schools before a policy of multilingualism was revived in 1974. There has never been an official language in Louisiana, and the state constitution enumerates the right of the people to preserve, foster, and promote their respective historic, linguistic, and cultural origins.
Wilmington, North Carolina
Wilmington is a port city in- and is the county seat of- New Hanover County in coastal southeastern North Carolina, United States. The population is 106,476; according to the 2010 Census it is the eighth most populous city in the state. Wilmington is the principal city of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan area that includes New Hanover and Pender counties in southeastern North Carolina, which has a population of 263,429 as of the 2012 Census Estimate.
Wilmington was settled by European Americans along the Cape Fear River. Its historic downtown has a one-mile-long Riverwalk, developed as a tourist attraction. It is minutes away from nearby beaches. The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Wilmington, North Carolina, as one of its 2008 Dozen Distinctive Destinations. City residents live between the river and the ocean, with four nearby beach communities: Fort Fisher, Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach, and Kure Beach, all within half-hour drives from downtown Wilmington.
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The technological and industrial history of the United States describes the United States' emergence as one of the most technologically advanced nations in the world. The availability of land and literate labor, the absence of a landed aristocracy, the prestige of entrepreneurship, the diversity of climate and a large easily accessed upscale and literate free market all contributed to America's rapid industrialisation. The availability of capital, development by the free market of navigable rivers, and coastal waterways, and the abundance of natural resources facilitated the cheap extraction of energy all contributed to America's rapid industrialization. Fast transport by the very large railroad built in the mid-19th century, and the Interstate Highway System built in the late 20th century, enlarged the markets and reducing shipping and production costs. The legal system facilitated business operations and guaranteed contracts. Cut off from Europe by the embargo and the British blockade in the War of 1812 (1807–15), entrepreneurs opened factories in the Northeast that set the stage for rapid industrialization modeled on British innovations.
From its emergence as an independent nation, the United States has encouraged science and innovation. As a result, the United States has been the birthplace of 161 of Britannica's 321 Greatest Inventions, including items such as the airplane, internet, microchip, laser, cellphone, refrigerator, email, microwave, personal computer, Liquid-crystal display and light-emitting diode technology, air conditioning, assembly line, supermarket, bar code, automated teller machine, and many more.The early technological and industrial development in the United States was facilitated by a unique confluence of geographical, social, and economic factors. The relative lack of workers kept United States wages nearly always higher than corresponding British and European workers and provided an incentive to mechanize some tasks. The United States population had some semi-unique advantages in that they were former British subjects, had high English literacy skills, for that period (over 80% in New England), had strong British institutions, with some minor American modifications, of courts, laws, right to vote, protection of property rights and in many cases personal contacts among the British innovators of the Industrial Revolution. They had a good basic structure to build on. Another major advantage, which the British lacked, was no inherited aristocratic institutions. The eastern seaboard of the United States, with a great number of rivers and streams along the Atlantic seaboard, provided many potential sites for constructing textile mills necessary for early industrialization. The technology and information on how to build a textile industry was largely provided by Samuel Slater (1768–1835) who emigrated to New England in 1789. He had studied and worked in British textile mills for a number of years and immigrated to the United States, despite restrictions against it, to try his luck with U.S. manufacturers who were trying to set up a textile industry. He was offered a full partnership if he could succeed—he did. A vast supply of natural resources, the technological knowledge on how to build and power the necessary machines along with a labor supply of mobile workers, often unmarried females, all aided early industrialization. The broad knowledge of the Industrial Revolution and Scientific revolution helped facilitate understanding for the construction and invention of new manufacturing businesses and technologies. A limited government that would allow them to succeed or fail on their own merit helped.
After the close of the American Revolution in 1783, the new government continued the strong property rights established under British rule and established a rule of law necessary to protect those ...