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1776 to 1860

Becoming Americans

This section reveals how a sense of national identity arose from the shared struggle with the other colonies against Great Britain. Go to this section

Becoming Southerners

This section shows how, as a million Virginians moved west, sectional crises over slavery led those who remained to develop a sense of identity as southerners. Go to this section


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