People
Virginian who was elected the first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington
What is a constitution?
The city where people gathered outside of Congress Hall.
What is Philadelphia?
I am another word for a state.
What is commonwealth?
She hosted the first state dinners at the White House
Who is Dolly Madison?
I wrote the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This document starts off with the Preamble
What is the US Constitution?
I am a large plantation along to Potomac River and home to the first president of the US.
What is Mount Vernon?
The land beyond the boundaries of settled or mapped areas
What is a frontier?
This man always seemed to have a pen in his hand and often wrote in code. There is a university named after him.
Who is James Madison?
These two woman were important to lives of two American Presidents?
Who is Dolly Madison and Martha Custis Washington?
This document made by the representatives of the good people of Virginia assembled in full and free convention was written by George Mason
What is the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
As a soldier Washington experienced a terrible winter here.
What is Valley Forge?
Between 1817 and 1829 these regions were hard hit by the turmoil on the land
What is the Tidewater and Piedmont Regions?
This word refers to the future of our country. Citizens who will come later in life.
What is posterity?
I invented and patented the mechanical reaper.
Who is Cyrus McCormick?
What is the Bill of Rights?
I am a place in Virginia that is home to Monticello and the University of Virgnia.
What is Charlottesville?
Virginians packed up and road on this to migrate South, North and West.
What is the covered wagon?
This was a complicated problem that haunted Washington.
What is "owning slaves?"
I was inspired by Jefferson's Declaration of Independence and wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights.
Who is George Mason?
This outlined a new structure of national government
What is the Viginia Plan?
This is a narrow opening through the mountains and became the rite of passage for settlers as their covered wagons struggled up steep paths
What is the Cumberland Gap?
This influenced people and ideas of Virginians to move beyond Virginia's frontier
What is geography?
Who is Lewis and Clark?