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  2. History of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624), by Capt. John Smith, one of the first histories of Virginia. The written history of Virginia begins with documentation by the first Spanish explorers to reach the area in the 16th century, when it was occupied chiefly by Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Siouan peoples.

  3. History of education in the Southern United States - Wikipedia

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    History of Education Quarterly 28.3 (1988): 333-366. Hines, Michael, and Thomas Fallace. "Pedagogical progressivism and black education: A historiographical review, 1880–1957." Review of Educational Research 93.3 (2023): 454-486. Urban, Wayne J. "History of education: A southern exposure." History of Education Quarterly 21.2 (1981): 131–145.

  4. History of education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Board of Education. For much of its history, education in the United States was segregated (or even only available) based upon race. Early integrated schools such as the Noyes Academy, founded in 1835, in Canaan, New Hampshire, often were met with fierce local opposition.

  5. History of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The City in Texas: A History (University of Texas Press, 2015) 342 pp. Mendoza, Alexander, and Charles David Grear, eds. Texans and War: New Interpretations of the State's Military History 2012 excerpt; Scott, Robert (2000). After the Alamo. Plano, TX: Republic of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-585-22788-7.

  6. History of Williamsburg, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    A school of higher education was a long-held aspiration of the colonists. An early attempt at Henricus failed after the Indian massacre of 1622. The location at the outskirts of the developed part of the colony left it more vulnerable to the attack. In the 1690s, the colonists tried again and sent Reverend James Blair to England.

  7. The Hornbook of Virginia History - Wikipedia

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    The Library of Virginia has described the Hornbook as the "definitive, handy reference guide to Virginia's history and culture." [1] [3] The first edition of the book was published in 1949 by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, Division of History and Archaeology, with subsequent editions in 1965, 1983, and 1994. [2]

  8. History of higher education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The history of higher education in the United States begins in 1636 and continues to the present time. American higher education is known throughout the world for its dramatic expansion. It was also heavily influenced by British models in the colonial era, and German models in the 19th century.

  9. Colonial history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Literature in the European sense was nearly nonexistent, with histories being far more noteworthy. These included The History and present State of Virginia (1705) by Robert Beverly and History of the Dividing Line (1728–29) by William Byrd, which was not published until a century later. Instead, the newspaper was the principal form of reading ...