Important People
What famous Virginian was nicknamed the "Father of Our Country?"
George Washington
What right did both the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom and the Virginia Declaration of Rights say all Americans should have?
freedom of religion
As people migrating through the Cumberland Gap, they were moving west and south. Which 2 bordering states did they migrate or walk through during their migration?
Tennessee and Kentucky
When traveling west, which mountains did the settlers cross?
A. Rocky Mountains
B. Potomac Mountains
C. Appalachian Mountains
D. Great Smokey Mountains
C. Appalachian Mountains
Trading beads for fur is an example of -
A Credit
B. Debt
C. Savings
D. Barter
D. Barter
Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death!"?
Patrick Henry
Which document states that all people should have many rights, including freedom of religion and freedom of the press?
A. Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
B. Virginia Declaration of Rights
C. Declaration of Independence
B. Virginia Declaration of Rights
When Virginians migrated to the western territories, they crossed through the _____________.
A. Cumberland Gap
B. Atlantic Ocean
C. James Rive
D. Appalachian Mountains
A. Cumberland Gap
Why did the farming of tobacco eventually caused many farmers to leave Virginia?
Tobacco farming depleted the soil of its nutrients, so it wouldn't be able to grow as much and lose money.
- rolling hills
- known as "the land at the foot of the mountain"
- west of the Coastal Plain
Which region of Virginia is described above?
Piedmont
Nat Turner
Which document states that all people should be free to worship as they please (freedom of religion)?
A. Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
B. Virginia Declaration of Rights
C. Declaration of Independence
A. Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Which of the following is a technological advances that contributed to the migration of Virginians?
A. steel
B. cotton gin
C. printing press
D. airplane
B. cotton gin
True/ False
Many enslaved African American families stayed together.
False
"I am a colonists who doesn't like the fact that we're governed by the British from across the ocean. This is the reason I decided to fight his war."
Which side of the American Revolution is the person above a part of?
Patriot
What is a Founding Father?
a person who helps to create or establish something like the founding of the United States
Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
George Mason
A. their culture
B. their enslaved people
C. their traditions
D. their homes
D. their homes
What caused Nat Turner and other enslaved African Americans to attack the white families closed to them in the nights?
Enslaved African Americans were tired of being treated like property
What does the following phrase mean during the American Revolution:
"taxation with representation"
to tax someone without giving them a voice in Parliament/ government
Who was known as the "Father of the Constitution?"
James Madison
Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
Thomas Jefferson
Which of the following was a technological advance that influenced the migration of Virginians?
A. printing press
B. mechanical reaper
C. train
D. horse and buggy
B. mechanical reaper
Why did many Virginians move west and to the deep South?
to find better farmland and new opportunities
Name 2 reasons that the capital of Jamestown was moved to Williamsburg?
-fires were destroying buildings
-contaminated drinking water
-spread of diseases
-Williamsburg was an established town