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Vocabulary
What Happened Here?
Williamsburg
Education and Religion
Slavery
100
The capital of the colony of Virginia, was the center of government, education, and culture in colonial Virginia.
What is Williamsburg?
100
Proposed laws for the colony of Virginia were approved or rejected here.
What is the Governor's Palace?
100
True or False? Very few African American lived in Williamsburg.
What is False? (About half of the people in Williamsburg were African Americans).
100
Boys in these ages when to school.
What is 12 to 15 years old?
100
Slaves often live in huts with beds made of this.
What is straw?
200

a proposed law is called...

What is a bill?

200

At sites like this one, apprentices worked and learned a trade.

What is shoemaker's shop? Will accept other answers 

200
True or False? Williamsburg was the center of government, education, and culture in colonial Virginia.
What is True?
200
Education for BOTH boys and girls included strict lessons in this.
What is civility (manners).
200

Slaves would survive the terrible conditions by 

praying & singing

300

A colony controlled by the King is called 

What is a Royal Colony?

300
Here, boys learned to read, write, and do arithmetic.
What is the College of William and Mary?
300
True or False? Virginians came to Williamsburg to shop, attend church, and visit government offices.
What is True?
300

Instead of going to the College of William and Mary, some families might hire a tutor, or boys could be sent to study with this local person.

What is a priest or minister?

300
Enslaved African Americans worked this many days if they worked in the plantation owner's home.
What is 7 days a week?
400
Where did girls get their training in colonial Williamsburg?
What is dame schools?
400

Colonists went to this site to relax and talk about politics.

What is Raleigh Tavern?

400
True or False? Jamestown was the capital of colonial Virginia.
What is False?
400

What are the three levels of being a craftsman in order from HIGHEST to LOWEST?

What is a master craftsman, journeyman, and apprentice? 

400
Enslaved African worked this many days a week if they worked in the plantation owner's fields.
What is six days a week?
500

a skill that someone learns from someone else and makes their job

What is a trade?

500

Here, people could often be found singing call-and-response songs.

What are slave quarters or plantations?

500
True or False? Any citizen of Virginia could be elected to the Assembly.
What is False?
500
Virginians had to pay these to support the Anglican Church.
What are taxes?
500
Enslaved African Americans worked from sun-up to.
What is sun-down?