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Flat land located near Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay (includes the Eastern Shore); east of the fall line. Products are seafood and peanuts and the industries are shipbuilding tourism, and military bases.
Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
The Monacan was part of this group. Which language?
Siouan language tribe
This document was used to declare freedom from British control over the American colonies.
The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson on July 14, 1776
The first major clash of the Civil War. General Thomas Stonewall Jackson played a major role in the battle.
The First Battle of Bull Run
Because of the arrival of Africans the tobacco economy in the colony -
expanded, or became dependent on slave labor to make money
Land at the foot of mountains; rolling hills west of the Fall Line. Products are tobacco products and information technology and the industries are technology, Federal and State government, farming, and horse industry.
The Piedmont region
The Powhatan were part of this group. Which language?
Algonquin language
Virginians who remained loyal to Great Britain.
The Loyalists
General Robert E. Lee, Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, defeated Union troops at _________________, Virginia.
Fredericksburg
Name the 3 capitals of Virginia in order.
Jamestown -> Williamsburg -> Richmond
Located in Southwest Virginia; only a small part of plateau is located in Virginia. The product is coal and the industry is coal mining.
The Appalachian Plateau
The Cherokee were part of this group. Which language?
Iroquoian language
Virginians who served in the Continental Army and fought for independence leading to the British surrender at Yorktown.
The Patriots
The Confederate capital fell to General Ulysses S. Grant and was burned (by Southerners) near the end of the war that took place in __________________.
Richmond
Things like the abolitionists, Fugitive Slave Act, Underground Railroad, and Lincoln's election all led to what event?
The South seceding from the Union, aka the forming of the Confederacy
Includes the Great Valley of Virginia and other valleys separated by ridges. (The Blue Ridge Mountains and the Valley and Ridge Mountains are part of the Appalachian Mountain system.) They are located west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The products are poultry,apples, dairy, and beef. The Industry is farming.
The Valley and Ridge Region
In which of the four seasons would you find Native Americans doing a lot of initial planting of seeds, picking berries, and fishing?
This group of people would likely fight for the British in hopes of earning their freedom.
Enslaved African Americans
Lincoln used the Union Navy to Blockade Southern ports. An important sea battle fought between the ____________, (Union) and the _______________, (Confederate), two iron-clad ships, took place in Virginia waters near Norfolk and Hampton. The battle was fought to a draw.
Monitor and the Merrimack
What was the first elected legislative body in America?
The House of Burgesses, 1640
Old, round mountains that are part of Appalachian Mountain system. They are located between the Piedmont and Valley and Ridge regions and are a source of many rivers. The product is apples, and the industries are recreation and farming.
Blue Ridge Mountains
What is a name given to Virginia's Native Americans because forests covered most of the land?
Eastern Woodland Indians
They fought alongside both the Virginia Patriots and the British.
The American Indians
The Civil War ended at the ____________________ in Virginia where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865.
Appomattox Court House
Name one reason why the colonists moved out west (or south) because of tobacco, wheat, or cotton
1. It drained the land of its nutrients and minerals
2. The settlers needed more space to farm
3. Advancements in technology made it easier to farm so more people were doing it
Regions: A Very Big Pepsi Cola
States: Mustard With Ketchup Tastes Nasty
Rivers: Please Remember Your Jacket
Since Native Americans did not have a written language, what is one way they were able to keep their heritage alive?
Powwows (teaching others about their culture, past and present), art (singing, dancing, jewelry, clothing), or storytelling
Two parter:
General Cornwallis would go on to surrender to George Washington after the Battle of _________. This would end the fighting of the war, and lead to the document that would officially end the war, the _______ of ______ in 1783.
Battle of Yorktown
The Treaty of Paris, 1783
Who was a slave that stole and sailed a Confederate ship, along with its passengers, to freedom in the Union? This same person would eventually be allowed to command his own Naval fleet for the Union, and after the war would be elected to the United States House of Representatives.
Robert Smalls
Name the four Founding Fathers of VS6, along with the three documents.
George Washington, first president, "Father of Our Country"
James Madison, "Father of the Constitution"
Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Statutes for Religious Freedoms
George Mason, Declaration of Rights