LIFE IN 1760’S ALEXANDRIA VIRGINIA

Life in 1760’s Alexandria Virginia was bustling with great opportunities for a new life. It was a young settlement but many Alexandrians entered this decade with high expectations. There were also many young men in Virginia who were quickly rising as pillars of this young settled area who would later become our founding fathers. Great Britain had all but won the war against France, the frontier was relatively secure, and the local industry and trade was picking up. Alexandria was making quick progress in achieving it’s own mark as a new and separate market town from Mother England. Besides the Economy in Alexandria, the politics, social Life, religion, and education were being molded by the Great Virginians of this time.
While Virginians were complaining about adequate representation in Parliament, locally this was also the case. Only an elite few were involved. The only people who could vote were the wealthy few white men. The Virginia Gentry decided the only ones who ...