Rivers & Cities
This river flows into the Chesapeake Bay, and the historic city of Alexandria is located along its banks.
Potomac River
The site chosen for Jamestown turned out to be marshy, which meant the settlers lacked this basic necessity for survival.
Safe drinking water
This financial term refers to money put away to be spent at a later time, which was very rare in colonial Virginia since most people used tobacco or bartered.
Savings
This document, granted by the King of England, gave the Virginia Company permission to start a colony and extended English rights to the settlers.
Charter of the Virginia Company of London
This landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that keeping public schools racially segregated was unconstitutional and illegal.
Brown v. Board of Education
The city of Fredericksburg is located along this major Virginia river.
Rappahannock River
He took control of Jamestown and established a strict rule: "If any would not work, neither should he eat."
Captain John Smith
This term means a good or service that you owe to another person.
Debt
This document was written by George Mason and served as the primary model for the United States Bill of Rights. DOUBLE JEOPARDY-WORTH DOUBLE POINTS
Virginia Declaration of Rights
This was the official policy in Virginia where the state government fought against the integration of public schools, even closing some schools down completely.
Massive Resistance
Both Richmond and Jamestown are located along this historic Virginia river.
James River
As the daughter of Chief Powhatan, she served as a vital contact person between the native peoples and the English settlers.
Pocahontas
This banking term means buying a good or a service right now and promising to pay for it later in the future.
Credit
This historical document, written by Thomas Jefferson, was the first time a government declared that people should be completely free to choose their own religion.
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
This Virginia governor and U.S. senator led the Massive Resistance movement and created a "Pay-As-You-Go" system to build modern state highways.
Harry F. Byrd Sr.
Yorktown is located along this river, which flows directly into the Chesapeake Bay.
York River
This is the name given to the brutal winter of 1609–1610, during which the vast majority of Jamestown colonists died from hunger and disease.
This beautiful, mountainous region of Virginia was settled primarily by Germans and Scots-Irish who were looking for good farmland.
Shenandoah Valley
This important historical document, written by George Mason, states that all Virginians have basic human rights like freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
The Virginia Declaration of Rights
This word means the legal separation of people based on their race, a practice that was finally overturned by the Civil Rights movement.
Segregation
This is the natural geographical border where waterfalls prevent ships from traveling any further west, separating the Coastal Plain and Piedmont regions.
The Fall Line
The arrival of these ships in 1620 brought _________ to the colony, allowing Jamestown to establish permanent families and grow.
Women
Whenever people settle an area, they change the look of the land to match their culture through architecture, homes, and barns, creating this type of landscape.
Cultural Landscape
SECOND DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
Explain how the 1619 General Assembly was different than the General Assembly of the 1640's.
In 1619, the General Assembly met as one large legislative body, but by 1640, it changed into this type of system split into two separate lawmaking groups: The Governors Council and the House of Burgesses.
This word means the full mixing and inclusion of all racial groups as equals in public spaces, including public schools.
Integration