Appomattox Court House
The year that the Battle of Appomattox Court House occurred.
1865
Popular types of this instrument include bongos, timpani, and snares.
Drums
The name of the first representative assembly, established in 1619.
House of Burgesses
The process of plants making food
The definition of "reiterate"
to say again
The General who commanded the Union armies in 1865.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
In this keyboard instrument, which was popular in the Renaissance period, the strings are plucked (rather than struck).
Harpsichord
The American Indian three staple crops - beans, corn, and squash - are called this.
the Three Sisters
This plant part produces the pollen
Stamen
The definition of "tedious"
boring
A Confederate solider carried this document to prove that he had officially surrendered.
Parole Pass
This lute-like instrument was made by enslaved African-Americans and was originally made from gourds, animal skins and wood.
banjo
A strong early leader of Jamestown who trained the colonists at farming and fishing.
John Smith
This gas is taken in by plants' leaves.
Carbon Dioxide
The meaning of the word stem "cogn".
to know
The surrender meeting between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee was held in the parlor of this house.
McLean House
This brass instrument evolved from the sackbut (or slide trumpet), which was made in Belgium in the 15th century.
trombone
He introduced tobacco as a cash crop in Jamestown in 1619.
John Rolfe
The green pigment that helps make food for the plants
Chlorophyll
The definition of "tremulous".
quivering, or shaking
The African-American soldiers in the Union army were known as USCT, which stands for this.
United States Colored Troops
This U.S. Founding Father invented a Glass Armonica, which produces music with a series of glass bowls.
Benjamin Franklin
This daughter of Chief Powhatan married John Rolfe, thus ensuring an 8-year period of peace between the European colonists and the Native Americans.
Pocahontas
The "anchors" of the plant that take in water.
Roots
The definition of "odious".
hateful