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12 Cards in this Set
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Part of Virginia's first constitution (1776); listed rights people should posses
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Virginia Declaration of Rights
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County building west of Richmond; famous as the place where General Lee surrendered to General Grant ending the Civil War
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Appomattox Court House
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Virginia statesman; 4th President and author of the Virginia Plan; known as the "Father of the Constitution"
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James Madison
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Leader of the second Roanoke expedition; returned to England to get supplies
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John White
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Governor of Virginia who led an expedition to explore the western frontier; claimed the Shenandoah Valley for King George I
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Alexander Spotswood
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King of England who ruled from 1603-1625. Jamestown was named for him. In 1624 he revoked Virginia's charter and made it a royal colony
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James I
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Brother of George Rogers Clark; led expedition to explore Lousiana Territory with Meriwether Lewis
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William Clark
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Governing body in Va. colony and legislative branch of government in the state of Virginia
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General Assembly
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1765 Act passed by British Parliament taxing all publications and legal papers produced in the American colonies
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Stamp Act
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Virginian inventor; developed the reaping machine in 1831
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Cyrus McCormick
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1776 Declaration in which colonists claimed they were free of British rule
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Declaration of Independence
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Someone chosen to represent the interests of a group
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Delegate
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