Founding Fathers
He is known as Father of Our Country.
Who was George Washington?
A document that stated that Virginians have many rights, including freedom of religion and freedom of the press.
What was the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
The machine that helped farmers grow more wheat with fewer workers.
What was the mechanical reaper?
Virginians migrated into these to look for large areas of land and new opportunities.
What were western territories?
People that were brought along as Virginians moved to help provide labor.
What are enslaved people?
He is known as Father of the Constitution.
Who was James Madison?
A document that stated that all people should be free to worship as they please.
What was the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
A machine that led to opening of new lands in the south and attracted settlers from Virginia.
What was the cotton gin?
As a result of moving west, they were sold to people who lived in other southern states.
Who were enslaved African Americans?
Three things that Virginians brought with them as they migrated.
What are traditions, ideas, and cultures?
Who was George Mason?
A document that James Madison believed in the importance of having.
What was the U.S. Constitution?
Many people left Virginia in search of these after the invention of the mechanical reaper.
What are jobs?
Settlers crossed these to get to new lands in the west.
What were the Appalachian Mountains?
The region where we live.
What is the Valley and Ridge Region?
He wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
James Madison helped these people compromise and reach an agreement as they wrote the U.S. Constitution.
Who were the delegates?
The mechanical reaper allowed for more wheat to be grown with less (or fewer of) these.
What are workers?
Settlers went through here as they migrated to new lands in the west.
What was the Cumberland Gap?
The region with elevated land that is flat on top.
What is the Appalachian Plateau Region?
He provided strong leadership and was a model for future presidents.
Who was George Washington?
James Madison kept these during the Constitutional Convention.
What were detailed notes?
This type of farming was very hard on the soil, causing farmers to look west and south for new farm land.
What was tobacco farming?
The directions that people moved looking for new farmland.
What are West and South?
The region with old rounded mountains.
What is the Blue Ridge Mountain Region?