Dolly Madison's Life: Dolley Madison

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Dolley Madison was known as the wife of the United States President James Madison from 1809-1817. Dolly Payne was born in the Quaker community of North Carolina, on May 20, 1768. She marries James Madison after her husband John Todd and son William died the same day of yellow fever. The representation of the video of Dolley’ life was up to my expectation they included the voice the dressing and the housing. Just the way I imagined their lifestyle on the 1700, the main characters of the story looking so much like her including her facial expressions as they were describing her. The documentary was good on convening historical facts by giving years and the names of the events that were presented during the representation of the video. Beginning …show more content…

By holding parties every Wednesday at the White House and introducing people at each other to better their relationship with each other. She was a great help for her husband because she became the face of Washington and changing the face of the Presidency. She was really involved in the political life that she was the 1st lady to make part of political decisions. It illustrated how important family was to Dolley it mints everything to her because her family came first, then anyone else and she would do anything for them. The country was presented in the films as a new country after they had won their independence from Great Britain in 1783. The country begins forming their own Government and political parties. The country had no roads the Whited House was surrounded by small houses and a dirty pond of water just down the road. At that time James Madison was the 3rd president and Dolly was the 1st lady to form part of the political party. In 1812, the country when into war with Great Britain and everyone run away from Washington because it was the main point of the British. The country was under war and the British destroyed the White House by catching it on fire. The country was destroyed after they had won their Independence. The presentation was well done by providing images of the most important event as Dolley’s lifestyle and the characters used to represent them. The representation that impress me the most from the video is when the British attack the White House it was up to my expectations how the demonstration was show. Furthermore, the hard work they put into this film was impressive I enjoyed watching the documentary of Dolley Madison. The characters were to my expectation including the lifestyle and dressing. For example, James Madison was one of the main character that look

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