Documents in Year 1738                     

Links of Interest:

• Thomas Jefferson

Peter Jefferson had arrived in 1735, father of Thomas Jefferson (3rd US President) born in 1743,  near Charlottesville, Virginia in Albemarle County on Rivanna River just down the road from William I Vardeman.

• Native Americans:

Small Pox Epidemic among Cherokee Indians (southeast)
Viola, Herman I, North American Indians, Crown Publishers, New York: New York, 1996

• Science:

Bernoulli's Principle

Swiss scientist, Daniel Bernoulli (1700-1782), worked on Conservation of Energy, energy cannot be created or destroyed. A consequence of this law is that an increase in speed = decrease in pressure . This difference between the decreased pressure above and the increased pressure below produces lift, which is what makes flight possible.

• Spiritual:

Great Awakening

"English Methodist evangelist George Whitefield arrives in Savannah, Georgia on the first of his seven trips to the American colonies. A close early associate of John and Charles Wesley, he later breaks with them because he will not repudiate Calvinism. His electrifying sermons attract throngs of listeners wherever he goes, from New England to Georgia."
The Almanac of American History by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Brompton: CT 1993. (p. 85)

Great Awakening: A Secondary School Guide

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