History is Fun
Nathaniel Bacon organized an army to attack ____.
Indians
Name 3 reasons the capital was moved to Williamsburg.
Jamestown was unhealthy
easier to defend from an attack by sea
fire destroyed the capital at Jamestown
____ and his men decided to fight the Indians alone when the government would not support them.
Nathaniel Bacon
Alexander Spotswood wanted to settle western Virginia in order to keep it from being claimed by _____.
France
Name 3 toys or games children played with in Williamsburg for entertainment.
examples: leapfrog, marbles, rag dolls, Blindman's Buff, hopscotch
One of the first people to move to frontier.
pioneer
In 1698, Virginias decided to move their capital to ___.
Williamsburg
What gift did Alexander Spotswood give to the men that traveled west with him?
golden horseshoe
An area just beginning to be settled ____
frontier
Most of the first students at the College of William and Mary were ____
sons of rich planters
What name was given to the men that traveled with Alexander Spotswood?
The Knights of the Golden Horseshoe
An agreement between two nations ____
treaty
Opechancanough started a war against the colonists because the colonist were ____.
stealing Indian land
Why didn't people import toys from England?
It was too expensive to import toys.
The governor who explored the western frontier claiming it for England ____
Alexander Spotswood
A fight against one's own government _____
rebellion
The Indian chief who ended the Pocahontas Peace ___
Opechancanough