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100

This Virginian shaped the presidency and was a military leader of the Continental Army.

Who is George Washington?

100
This document stated that all men were created equal and the reasons we wanted to separate from England and be our own country.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
This famous Virginian kept detailed notes to help create the Constitution we have today.
Who is James Madison?
100
These two directions were used mostly by Virginians after the Revolutionary War when changes in their agricultural began to take place.
What are west and south?
100
The Wilderness Road, a trail, created a natural break in the mountain range. This was known as the ...
What is Cumberland Gap
200
This famous Virginian wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom giving all Virginians the right to worship as they please.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
This document states how the government for our new nation would be set up and the rights of its citizens.
What is the Constitution?
200
The Constitution is a plan of...
What is government?
200
This crop depleted the soil causing Virginians to move to a new area.
What is tobacco?
200

The purpose of a mechanical reaper.

What is harvest more wheat?

300
This famous Virginian was called the "Father of the Constitution".
Who is James Madison?
300

This document written by Thomas Jefferson stated that all Virginians had the right to worship as they please.

What is the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?

300
During the Constitutional Convention, many sides had to give in a bit to reach agreements. Giving in to reach an agreement is called a......Madison was good at this.
What is a compromise?
300
This was the main reason Virginians began migrating westward.
What is needed more land?
300

This happened to families when slaves were sold to people in the south.

What is separated permanently from their families?

400
I am a famous Virginian who wanted to be remembered after my death for authoring two major documents in my lifetime.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
This document written by George Mason provided freedom of speech, religion, and press. It would later serve as a model for the Bill of Rights to be added later to the Constitution.
What is the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
400
The first ten amendments added to the Constitution are called these.
What are the Bill of Rights?
400
By settling in new areas, many Virginians found to have more ________ to be successful.
What are opportunities?
400
The Cumberland Gap created a pathway to get to this bordering state to the west of Virginia.
What is the Kentucky?
500
I am a Virginian who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights and refused to sign the Constitution until a decision to add the Bill of Rights was made.
Who is George Mason?
500
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called these.
What are the Bill of Rights?
500
The Virginia Declaration of Rights served as a model for which amendment to the Constitution.
What is the First Amendment?
500
As Virginians moved, they took with them their ideas, traditions, and these.
What is culture?
500
These two groups of people mainly settled in the Blue Ridge Mountain area of Virginia.
What are Scotch-Irish and German?