People
Served as the first President of the United States.
George Washington
This document says that all Virginians have many rights including freedom of religion and freedom of the press.
Virginia Declaration of Rights
The invention of this caused more jobs in the south.
Cotton gin
This allowed farmers to grow more wheat with less workers.
the mechanical reaper
Kept detailed notes during the Constitutional Convention
James Madison
This document says that all people should be free to worship as they please.
Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
The invention of this caused Virginians to lose jobs and search for jobs in other states.
Mechanical reaper
Settlers crossed through the Appalachian Mountains through _____ as they moved to new lands in the west.
Cumberland Gap
Wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Thomas Jefferson
This document lists the first ten amendments.
The Bill of Rights
This was hard on the soil and caused the people to seek new land.
Tobacco farming
He is known as the "Father of our Country"
George Washington
Wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights
George Mason
A change or addition to the Constitution.
Amendment
This was Virginia's cash crop. However, there was more being grown than was being bought. This caused prices to go down and farmers could not make as much money.
tobacco
George Washington was named "Father of our Country" because he provided good _____ that the United States needed a new country and he provided a model of good ____ to future presidents.
leadership
He was called the "Father of the Constitution"
James Madison
James Madison was key in writing these two important documents.
The Constitution and Bill of Rights
This made some Virginians move west.
They could get a lot of land for little money.
What happened to enslaved African Americans when Virginians started moving to new states?
People took their slaves with them.
People sold their slaves to people that lived in the south.