People and Places
What was the significance of the Cumberland Gap?
Virginians crossed there as they migrated to new lands.
Which document states that Virginians have many rights including Freedom of Religion and Freedom of the Press?
The Virginia Declaration of Rights.
Who kept detailed notes during the Constitutional convention?
James Madison
Who is known as the Father of our Country?
George Washington
Who was the Father of the Constitution and skilled at compromise?
James Madison
If you are researching the life of George Washington, what sources would you use??
Military Leaders of the Continental Army
What advertisement could you use for the Mechanical Reaper?
Harvest more wheat with fewer workers.
Cause- Many enslaved African Americans were sold to people who lived in other southern states and western territories.
Effect: African American families were permanently separated by hundreds of miles.
Many farmers in Virginia________________because tobacco farming was hard on the soil.
looked west and south for new land.
The Virginia Stature for Religious Freedom states that all people should be able to ____________as they please.
worship
As Virginians migrated, they took African Americans and their _______________, ____________, and _____________ with them.
culture, traditions, and ideas
Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights.
George Mason
Who wrote the wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
Thomas Jefferson