Documents in Year 1740
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Links of Interest:
King George II, British Monarch over American Colonies
Thomas JeffersonPeter 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.
Great Awakening
in the Colonies by English, fire and brimstone Evangelist, George Whitefield, from 1739-1744
Great Awakening: A Secondary School Guide
Recommended by a history teacher who emailed to say how useful she
found the treespot website and this link!
Slavery Revolt
"A plan to revolt by black slaves is revealed in Charleston, South Carolina. Fifty slaves are hanged."
The Almanac of American History by Arthur M.
Schlesinger, Jr. Brompton: CT 1993. (p. 86)
Potato Famine - Irish Immigration
"The famine in Ireland gives an added momentum to Irish immigration
to America, mainly to the Shenandoah Valley area, as well as to the
colonies of Virginia, Georgia and the Carolinas."
The Almanac of American History by Arthur M.
Schlesinger, Jr. Brompton: CT 1993. (p. 86)
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