War Years Questionnaire
The War Years Questionnaire – Dr. Courtney Welch
“A Tale of Two Counties” – Franklin County, PA and Augusta County, VA
Directions: Please access the following website http://valley.lib.virginia.edu in order to answer the following questions. Please type your answers to these questions – please list your answers by question - in short answer format. DO NOT use font larger than 12 font. This assignment is worth a total of 50 points of your final grade. This assignment MUST be turned in during class – the assignment CANNOT be emailed. Please use documentation for the primary documents that you use in your answers.
1. What were the economic characteristics of Franklin and Augusta Counties?
Both Augusta and Franklin claimed productive economies. …show more content…
Franklin was more densely populated with about 55 people per square mile while Augusta hold about 28 people per square mile, however about 22 white residents per square mile in Augusta. Naturally the two Valley counties were similar, however, the differences in cultivation, productiveness of the countries, due to the differences, persistence of this may account further separations in the economy, social structure, and political power understanding. Both Augusta and Franklin had churches, schools, newspapers and political parties having clear variants of the same kinds of institutions. People in both communities had the same cultural traditions, interests in the same topic, and trends. Many adopted the same fashion trends and styles and read the same books and literatures. Residents of both counties were also able to enjoy new technologies. However, free blacks had to face similar restricted economic opportunities in both counties and was also disregarded and ignored of respect humanely. While both counties had a population of immigrants, the population was still heavily populated with native-born. Slavery was not ignored in Augusta, instead it was very well insinuated, reaching into every mountain top, valleys and hallows of the county. Newspapers even advertised business of slavery, opportunities, and constraints of bondage adapted itself. Augusta black residents went through underlying scenes of “acts” of tension and carried double meaning, further separating the different social differences, in which these are kept in private homes and plantation within Augusta County. “Men and women are daily arrested in Washington, New York and Philadelphia (says a contemporary, summing up the atrocities of the usurpation,) and thrown into loathsome dungeons, without warrant of law, and without being confronted with their accusers or advised of the charges against them.” on the
“A Tale of Two Counties” – Franklin County, PA and Augusta County, VA
Directions: Please access the following website http://valley.lib.virginia.edu in order to answer the following questions. Please type your answers to these questions – please list your answers by question - in short answer format. DO NOT use font larger than 12 font. This assignment is worth a total of 50 points of your final grade. This assignment MUST be turned in during class – the assignment CANNOT be emailed. Please use documentation for the primary documents that you use in your answers.
1. What were the economic characteristics of Franklin and Augusta Counties?
Both Augusta and Franklin claimed productive economies. …show more content…
Franklin was more densely populated with about 55 people per square mile while Augusta hold about 28 people per square mile, however about 22 white residents per square mile in Augusta. Naturally the two Valley counties were similar, however, the differences in cultivation, productiveness of the countries, due to the differences, persistence of this may account further separations in the economy, social structure, and political power understanding. Both Augusta and Franklin had churches, schools, newspapers and political parties having clear variants of the same kinds of institutions. People in both communities had the same cultural traditions, interests in the same topic, and trends. Many adopted the same fashion trends and styles and read the same books and literatures. Residents of both counties were also able to enjoy new technologies. However, free blacks had to face similar restricted economic opportunities in both counties and was also disregarded and ignored of respect humanely. While both counties had a population of immigrants, the population was still heavily populated with native-born. Slavery was not ignored in Augusta, instead it was very well insinuated, reaching into every mountain top, valleys and hallows of the county. Newspapers even advertised business of slavery, opportunities, and constraints of bondage adapted itself. Augusta black residents went through underlying scenes of “acts” of tension and carried double meaning, further separating the different social differences, in which these are kept in private homes and plantation within Augusta County. “Men and women are daily arrested in Washington, New York and Philadelphia (says a contemporary, summing up the atrocities of the usurpation,) and thrown into loathsome dungeons, without warrant of law, and without being confronted with their accusers or advised of the charges against them.” on the