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64 relations: African Methodist Episcopal Church, American Civil War, American Revolutionary War, Booker T. Washington, Booker T. Washington National Monument, Census, County seat, Danville, Virginia, Eastern Time Zone, Evergreen (Rocky Mount, Virginia), Federal Information Processing Standards, Ferrum, Virginia, Franklin County, Virginia, Geographic Names Information System, George Stoneman, Greer House, Gretna, Virginia, Hampton University, Henry A. Wise, Humid subtropical climate, Jane Derby, Jesse L. Martin, Jubal Early, Köppen climate classification, List of cities and counties in Virginia, List of sovereign states, Lynchburg, Virginia, Marriage, Martinsville, Virginia, Massive resistance, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, New Deal, New York Mets, Norfolk and Western Railway, Per capita income, Pigg River, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Planter class, Population density, Poverty threshold, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Roanoke metropolitan area, Roanoke Region, Roanoke River, Roanoke, Virginia, Rocky Mount Historic District, Ron Hodges, Salem, Virginia, Slavery in the United States, ..., The Farm (Rocky Mount, Virginia), The Wettest County in the World, Tidewater region, U.S. Route 220, U.S. state, United States Census Bureau, Virginia, Virginia State Route 40, Washington Iron Furnace, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Woods–Meade House, Works Progress Administration, ZIP Code, 2010 United States Census. Expand index (14 more) »
African Methodist Episcopal Church
The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the A.M.E. Church or AME, is a predominantly African-American Methodist denomination based in the United States.
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American Civil War
The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.
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American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (17751783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a global war that began as a conflict between Great Britain and its Thirteen Colonies which declared independence as the United States of America. After 1765, growing philosophical and political differences strained the relationship between Great Britain and its colonies. Patriot protests against taxation without representation followed the Stamp Act and escalated into boycotts, which culminated in 1773 with the Sons of Liberty destroying a shipment of tea in Boston Harbor. Britain responded by closing Boston Harbor and passing a series of punitive measures against Massachusetts Bay Colony. Massachusetts colonists responded with the Suffolk Resolves, and they established a shadow government which wrested control of the countryside from the Crown. Twelve colonies formed a Continental Congress to coordinate their resistance, establishing committees and conventions that effectively seized power. British attempts to disarm the Massachusetts militia at Concord, Massachusetts in April 1775 led to open combat. Militia forces then besieged Boston, forcing a British evacuation in March 1776, and Congress appointed George Washington to command the Continental Army. Concurrently, an American attempt to invade Quebec and raise rebellion against the British failed decisively. On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted for independence, issuing its declaration on July 4. Sir William Howe launched a British counter-offensive, capturing New York City and leaving American morale at a low ebb. However, victories at Trenton and Princeton restored American confidence. In 1777, the British launched an invasion from Quebec under John Burgoyne, intending to isolate the New England Colonies. Instead of assisting this effort, Howe took his army on a separate campaign against Philadelphia, and Burgoyne was decisively defeated at Saratoga in October 1777. Burgoyne's defeat had drastic consequences. France formally allied with the Americans and entered the war in 1778, and Spain joined the war the following year as an ally of France but not as an ally of the United States. In 1780, the Kingdom of Mysore attacked the British in India, and tensions between Great Britain and the Netherlands erupted into open war. In North America, the British mounted a "Southern strategy" led by Charles Cornwallis which hinged upon a Loyalist uprising, but too few came forward. Cornwallis suffered reversals at King's Mountain and Cowpens. He retreated to Yorktown, Virginia, intending an evacuation, but a decisive French naval victory deprived him of an escape. A Franco-American army led by the Comte de Rochambeau and Washington then besieged Cornwallis' army and, with no sign of relief, he surrendered in October 1781. Whigs in Britain had long opposed the pro-war Tories in Parliament, and the surrender gave them the upper hand. In early 1782, Parliament voted to end all offensive operations in North America, but the war continued in Europe and India. Britain remained under siege in Gibraltar but scored a major victory over the French navy. On September 3, 1783, the belligerent parties signed the Treaty of Paris in which Great Britain agreed to recognize the sovereignty of the United States and formally end the war. French involvement had proven decisive,Brooks, Richard (editor). Atlas of World Military History. HarperCollins, 2000, p. 101 "Washington's success in keeping the army together deprived the British of victory, but French intervention won the war." but France made few gains and incurred crippling debts. Spain made some minor territorial gains but failed in its primary aim of recovering Gibraltar. The Dutch were defeated on all counts and were compelled to cede territory to Great Britain. In India, the war against Mysore and its allies concluded in 1784 without any territorial changes.
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Booker T. Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washington (– November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States.
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Booker T. Washington National Monument
The Booker T. Washington National Monument is a National Monument near Hardy, Franklin County, Virginia.
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Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population.
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County seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish.
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Danville, Virginia
Danville is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States, located on the fall line of the Dan River.
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Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama in Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.
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Evergreen (Rocky Mount, Virginia)
Evergreen, also known as the Callaway-Deyerle House, is an historic home located near Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia.
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Federal Information Processing Standards
Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors.
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Ferrum, Virginia
Ferrum is a census-designated place (CDP) in Franklin County, Virginia, United States.
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Franklin County, Virginia
Franklin County is a county located in the Blue Ridge foothills of the U.S. state of Virginia.
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Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories.
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George Stoneman
George Stoneman Jr. (August 8, 1822 – September 5, 1894) was a United States Army cavalry officer, trained at West Point, where his roommate was Stonewall Jackson.
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Greer House
Greer House is a historic home located at Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia.
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Gretna, Virginia
Gretna is a town in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States.
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Hampton University
Hampton University (HU) is a private historically black university in Hampton, Virginia.
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Henry A. Wise
Henry Alexander Wise (December 3, 1806 – September 12, 1876) was an American lawyer and politician from Virginia.
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Humid subtropical climate
A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild to cool winters.
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Jane Derby
Jane Derby (born Jeannette Barr in Rockymount, Virginia, 1895 – August 1965) was an American fashion designer.
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Jesse L. Martin
Jesse L. Martin (born Jesse Lamont Watkins; January 18, 1969) is an American actor and singer.
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Jubal Early
Jubal Anderson Early (November 3, 1816 – March 2, 1894) was a Virginia lawyer and politician who became a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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List of cities and counties in Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes.
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List of sovereign states
This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.
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Lynchburg, Virginia
Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
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Marriage
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage).
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Martinsville, Virginia
Martinsville is an independent city near the southern border of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Massive resistance
Massive resistance was a strategy declared by U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr. of Virginia along with his brother-in-law as the leader in the Virginia General Assembly, Democrat Delegate James M. Thomson of Alexandria, to unite white politicians and leaders in Virginia in a campaign of new state laws and policies to prevent public school desegregation, particularly after the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision in 1954.
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National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations.
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National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.
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New Deal
The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted in the United States 1933-36, in response to the Great Depression.
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New York Mets
The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
The Norfolk and Western Railway was a US class I railroad, formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982.
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Per capita income
Per capita income or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.
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Pigg River
The Pigg River is a river in south-central Virginia in the United States.
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Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Pittsylvania County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Planter class
The planter class, known alternatively in the United States as the Southern aristocracy, was a socio-economic caste of pan-American society that dominated seventeenth- and eighteenth-century agricultural markets through the forced labor of enslaved Africans.
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Population density
Population density (in agriculture: standing stock and standing crop) is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density.
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Poverty threshold
The poverty threshold, poverty limit or poverty line is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.
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Race and ethnicity in the United States Census
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin (the only categories for ethnicity).
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Roanoke metropolitan area
The Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area is a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in Virginia as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
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Roanoke Region
The Roanoke Region is the area of the Commonwealth of Virginia surrounding the city of Roanoke.
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Roanoke River
The Roanoke River is a river in southern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina in the United States, long.
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Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia.
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Rocky Mount Historic District
Rocky Mount Historic District is a national historic district located at Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia.
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Ron Hodges
Ronald Wray Hodges (born June 22, 1949 in Rocky Mount, Virginia) is a former catcher in Major League Baseball, who spent his entire twelve-year career with the New York Mets.
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Salem, Virginia
Salem is an independent city in the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia.
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Slavery in the United States
Slavery in the United States was the legal institution of human chattel enslavement, primarily of Africans and African Americans, that existed in the United States of America in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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The Farm (Rocky Mount, Virginia)
The Farm is a historic home located at Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia.
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The Wettest County in the World
The Wettest County in the World is a 2008 historical novel by Matt Bondurant, an American writer who features his grandfather Jack and grand-uncles Forrest and Howard as the main characters in the novel.
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Tidewater region
The Tidewater region is a geographic area of southeast Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, part of the Atlantic coastal plain in the United States of America.
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U.S. Route 220
U.S. Route 220 (US 220) is a north–south U.S. Route in the eastern United States.
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U.S. state
A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.
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United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau (USCB; officially the Bureau of the Census, as defined in Title) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.
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Virginia
Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.
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Virginia State Route 40
State Route 40 (SR 40) is a primary state highway in the southern part of the U.S. state of Virginia.
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Washington Iron Furnace
Washington Iron Furnace is an historic iron furnace, located in Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia.
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Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Winston-Salem is a city in and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. With a 2015 estimated population of 241,218, it is the second largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region and the 5th-most populous city in North Carolina, and the 89th-most populous city in the United States. Winston-Salem is home to the tallest office building in the region, 100 North Main Street, formerly the Wachovia Building and now known locally as the Wells Fargo Center. Winston-Salem is called the "Twin City" for its dual heritage and "City of the Arts and Innovation" for its dedication to fine arts and theater and technological research. "Camel City" is a reference to the city's historic involvement in the tobacco industry related to locally based R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company's Camel cigarettes. Many locals refer to the city as "Winston" in informal speech. Another nickname, "the Dash," comes from the (-) in the city's name, although technically it is a hyphen, not a dash; this nickname is only used by the local minor league baseball team, the Winston-Salem Dash. In 2012, the city was listed among the 10 best places to retire in the U.S. by CBS MoneyWatch.
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Woods–Meade House
Woods–Meade House, also known as Greer House, is a historic home located at Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia.
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Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.
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ZIP Code
ZIP Codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963.
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2010 United States Census
The 2010 United States Census (commonly referred to as the 2010 Census) is the twenty-third and most recent United States national census.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mount,_Virginia
