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16 Cards in this Set
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What were 3 reasons the capital was moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg?
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1. Jamestown's drinking water was contaminated by seepage of salt water
2. Unhealthy living conditions caused diseases 3. Fire destr0yed wooden and brick buildings at Jamestown |
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What are 3 reasons why the capital was moved from Williamsburg to Richmond?
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1. Population was moving westward
2. Richmond was a more central location 3. Moving to Richmond increased the distance from attack by the British. |
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Money was not often used in the early Virginia colony. Name 3 forms of exchange that were used in the colony.
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1. Barter (trade) was used instead of money
2. Tobacco could be used to pay for goods and services 3. Farmers and other consumers could also buy goods and services on credit and pay their debts when their crops were harvested and sold. *Colonial Virginia had no banks. |
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How did resources influence the food in colonial Virginia?
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food choices were limited
meals were made of local produce and meats |
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Describe two types of housing in colonial Virginia?
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Most people lived in one-room homes with dirt floors
Some farmers lived in large houses |
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Did most households buy clothes or make them?
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Most households made their own clothes
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What 3 materials were most commonly used in making clothing?
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Cotton, wool and leather
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In the Declaration of Independence, the authority to govern belongs to who?
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The people, not the king
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The Declaration of Independence stated that all people were equal. Name three rights it stated
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Right to ....
1. life 2. liberty 3. pursuit of happiness |
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Who authored the Declaration of Independence?
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Thomas Jefferson
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What did England change its name to in the early 1700s?
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Great Britain
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How did most white Virginians make their living?
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From the land as small farmers. A few owned large farms.
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How did most enslaved African Americans live? What did they do?
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Most enslaved African Americans worked tobacco crops and livestock. They had no rights
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Did any African Americans own their own business and property?
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Yes but they were denied most rights.
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Name two differences in ideas in government between the British Parliament and the Colonists
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1. Parliament believed it had legal authority int he colonies and colonists believed their local assemblies had the authority.
2. Parliament believed it had the right to tax the colonies and colonists believed they should not be taxed since they had no representation in Parliament. |
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Who rode horseback through the backwoods of Virginia to Charlottesville to warn Thomas Jefferson, then governor of Virginia, that the British were coming to arrest him and members of the General Assembly?
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Jack Jouett
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