1492 - 1810 AD
I. Overview - Explorers, Climate, and Politics
III. St. Augustine, Florida - founded in 1565 AD.
Probably the oldest European settlement in North America
IV. Jamestown, Virginia - founded in 1607 AD
Roughly 400 years ago, on December 20, 1606, three merchant
ships loaded with passengers and cargo embarked from England on a voyage
that would later set the course of American history.
The Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery reached Virginia
in the spring of 1607, and on May 14, their 104 passengers all men and
boys began building on the banks of the James River what was to be America's
first permanent English colony, predating Plymouth in Massachusetts by
13 years.
V. The Colonial Garden (front and rear yards):
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Duke
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| Governor's Palace |
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| House of Burgess |
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| College of William and Mary |
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Inspired by his ambition to take his place among American gentry of the 18th century, Mount Vernon reflects George Washington's belief in the power of appearance. The property had been in the family for decades. Washington's grandfather obtained the acreage in the 17th century, his father built the original house, and his half-brother Lawrence substantially rebuilt the house in the 1740s. George Washington became the master of Mount Vernon in 1754, acquiring the estate shortly after Lawrence's death.In his four decades at Mount Vernon, George Washington employed supervisors, laborers, sawyers, carpenters, masons, painters, wood carvers and many other tradesmen in the plantation's continual construction. Washington felt especially frustrated over the pace and quality of the work when he was away from home, both during the Revolution and his two terms as president. Mount Vernon's small dining room demonstrates the degree to which Washington relied on others to carry out his plans.
VII. Monticello, southwest of Charlottesville, Virginia
(1770 - 1775)
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VIII. University of Virginia, Charlotteville, Virginia (1820's)
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X. Middleton Place Garden, Charleston, South Carolina
Thomas Jefferson’s design
Built on a mountain top overlooking the city of Charlottesville, Monticello is the home of Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and third President of the United States. Jefferson designed and redesigned Monticello over a period of forty years, and called it his "essay in architecture." Unique in his day and recognized as an classical masterpiece in our own, Monticello is the only American house on the United Nations' prestigious World Heritage List of international treasures.Monticello's contents are as fascinating as its architecture and reveal Jefferson's diverse interests. The rooms are filled with art, maps, books, scientific instruments, and natural history specimens, including antlers from the Lewis and Clark expedition that Jefferson sponsored as President. Perhaps the best-known features of Monticello are its devices of convenience, such as dumbwaiters, automatically opening doors, and the copying machine with which Jefferson wrote thousands of letters. Jefferson's interests extended outside the house, where he planned extensive flower and vegetable gardens, two orchards, two vineyards, and an eighteen-acre ornamental grove. He also oversaw the Monticello plantation, home to a vital community of workers, black and white. Slave and free craftsmen lived and labored side by side along the main plantation road, Mulberry Row.
Additional Gardens of Charleston area
XI. Independence Hall Garden, Philadelphia, PA (Restored 18th Century Garden)
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XII. Planations of the "South"