VA Regions
What region is known for having tourism, shipbuilding, and military bases?
Coastal Plain or Tidewater
What are examples of artifacts?
arrowheads, pottery, tools
What dog had to get his teeth removed?
Cooper
What are reasons for choosing Jamestown? Points for every reason
deep water for docks, safe from Spanish attack, and clean water?
Spell this word
punxsutawney
What region is known for farming and camping?
Blue Ridge Mountain
What did native people do in the winter?
hunt
What is an abolitionist?
A person who wants to abolish or get rid of slavery.
What year was Jamestown founded?
1607
What did Parliament believe they could do to the colonies?
Tax
Boomer
What was the name of the union ship
merrimack
Why did West Virginia and Virginia separate?
Slavery
What groups of people came to Jamestown later?
Women and Africans
Military leader
political leader
Piedmont
what did the native people do in the spring?
fish and pick berries
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Bull Run/Manassas
What is a cash crop? What is an example of a cash crop?
A crop grown to be sold. Tobacco
Who said "Give me liberty or give me death"?
Patrick Henry
What is known for apples, chicken/turkey, and cows?
Valley and Ridge
norfolk and hampton
Where did the confederacy surrender and when did the civil war end?
Apppomattox Court House
April 1865
Why did they move Jamestown to Williamsburg? You need all the reasons to get the points.
Dirty water, diseases, fires, Williamsburg was already established
What did Thomas Jefferson and George Mason write?
Declaration of Independence and the VA Statute for Religious Freedom
VA Declaration of Rights