9. I AM…………….
• AGRICULTURE WAS A PRIMARY SOURCE OF WEALTH
• Tobacco became the most profitable agricultural
product and was sold in England as a cash crop
10. WHAT AM I?
• THE SUCCESSFUL PLANTING OF TOBACCO:
11. I AM…………….
• DEPENDED ON A RELIABLE AND INEXPENSIVE/CHEAP
SOURCE OF LABOR
• LARGE NUMBERS OF AFRICANS WERE BROUGHT TO
THE COLONY AGAINST THEIR WILL TO WORK ON
SLAVES ON THE PLANTATIONS.
• THE VIRGINIA COLONY BECAME DEPENDENT ON
SLAVE LABOR, AND THE DEPENDENCE LASTED A LONG
TIME
12. WHAT AM I?
• CULTURAL LANDSCAPES
• WHENEVER PEOPLE SETTLE IN AN AREA, THEY
CHANGE THE CULTURE AND LANDSCAPE TO REFLECT
THEIR BELIEFS, CUSTOMS, AND ARCHITECTURE.
• EXAMPLES ARE:
16. WHAT AM I?
• WHAT GROUPS MOVED TO VIRGINIA?
WHERE DID THEY LIVE?
17. I AM……………….
• THE ENGLISH SETTLED PRIMARILY IN THE TIDEWATER AND PIEDMONT
REGIONS
• GERMANS AND SCOT-IRISH SETTLED PRIMARILY IN THE
SHENANDOAH VALLEY, WHICH WAS ALONG A MIGRATION ROUTE.
• AFRICANS SETTLED PRIMARILY IN THE TIDEWATER AND PIEDMONT
REGIONS WHERE AGRICULTURE REQUIRED MUCH LABOR.
• AMERICAN INDIANS PRIMARILY SETTLED IN THE TIDEWATER,
PIEDMONT AND APPALACHIAN PLATEAU REGIONS WHERE THEIR
TRADITIONAL HOMELANDS WERE.
• PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE SETTLERS, AMERICAN INDIANS LIVED
THROUGHOUT VIRGINIA. AFTER THE SETTLERS ARRIVE, MOST WERE
FORCED INLAND.
18. WHAT AM I?
•WHAT ARE SOME FACTORS THAT INFLUENCED
THE MOVE OF THE CAPITAL FROM JAMESTOWN
TO WILLIAMSBURG
19. I AM…………..
•WATER WAS CONTAMINATED
•DIRTY LIVING CONDITIONS CAUSED DISEASES
•FIRE DESTROYED WOODEN BUILDINGS AT
JAMESTOWN
•WILLIAMSBURG WAS AT A HIGHER ELEVATION.
20. WHAT AM I?
• WHY DID THEY MOVE FROM WILLIAMSBURG TO
RICHMOND?
21. I AM…………….
• POPULATION WAS MOVING WESTWARD
• RICHMOND WAS A MORE CENTRAL LOCATION
• THE MOVE INCREASED THE DISTANCE FROM ATTACK BY THE
ENGLISH/BRITISH (REVOLUTIONARY WAR)
22. WHAT AM I?
• SINCE MONEY WAS NOT COMMONLY USED, WHAT FORMS
OF EXCHANGE WERE USED IN THE VIRGINIA COLONY?
23. I AM…………….
• FEW PEOPLE HAD PAPER MONEY AND/OR COINS TO
USE TO BUY/PURCHASE GOODS AND SERVICES.
• BARTER WAS COMMONLY USED INSTEAD OF MONEY
•BARTER IS A TRADE EXCHANGING GOODS AND
SERVICES WITHOUT THE USE OF MONEY
27. I AM……………….
• CREDIT
• FARMERS AND OTHER CONSUMERS COULD ALSO BUY
GOODS AND SERVICES ON CREDIT AND PAY THEIR
DEBTS WHEN THEIR CROPS WERE HARVESTED AND
SOLD.
28. WHAT AM I?
• PEOPLE LIVING IN COLONIAL VIRGINIA
• DEPENDED ON NATURAL, HUMAN, AND CAPITAL
RESOURCES TO PRODUCE THE GOODS AND SERVICES
THEY NEEDED.
29. I AM………………….
• HUMAN RESOURCES ARE PEOPLE WORKING TO PRODUCE
GOODS AND SERVICES.
• NATURAL RESOURCES ARE MATERIALS THAT COME FROM
NATURE (WATER, SOIL, WOOD, COAL).
• CAPITAL RESOURCES ARE GOODS MADE BY PEOPLE AND USED TO
PRODUCE OTHER GOODS AND SERVICES (MACHINES, TOOLS,
BUILDINGS).
31. I AM……………..
• PARLIAMENT BELIEVED IT HAD LEGAL AUTHORITY IN THE
COLONIES.
• PARLIAMENT BELIEVED IT HAD THE RIGHT TO TAX THE
COLONIES
• COLONIES BELIEVED THAT THEIR LOCAL ASSEMBLIES HAD
LEGAL AUTHORITY.
• COLONIES BELIEVED THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE TAXED
SINCE THEY HAD NO REPRESENTATION IN PARLIAMENT.
33. I AM…………………..
• WRITTEN BY THOMAS JEFFERSON
• STATES THAT THE AUTHORITY TO GOVERN BELONGS
TO THE PEOPLE, RATHER THAN TO KINGS
• ALL PEOPLE ARE CREATED EQUAL AND HAVE RIGHTS
TO LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
34. WHAT AM I?
• VARIED ROLES OF VIRGINIANS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY
WAR
35. I AM……………….
• VIRGINIA PATRIOTS SERVED IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY AND FOUGHT
AGAINST THE ENGLISH
• SOME VIRGINIANS WERE NEUTRAL AND DIDN’T TAKE SIDES.
• SOME VIRGINIANS REMAINED LOYAL TO ENGLAND, AND KING GEORGE III
• FREE AFRICAN AMERICANS FOUGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE IN THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
• ENSLAVED AFRICAN AMERICANS FOUGHT FOR A BETTER CHANCE OF
FREEDOM.
• MANY AMERICAN INDIANS FOUGHT ALONGSIDE BOTH THE PATRIOTS AND
THE BRITISH/ENGLISH
• WOMEN TOOK ON MORE RESPONSIBILITY DURING THE WAR, RUNNING
BUSINESSES, FACTORIES AND FARMS ALONG WITH DOING THE REGULAR
HOUSEHOLD AND FAMILY CHORES
36. WHAT AM I?
• CONTRIBUTIONS OF VIRGINIANS DURING THE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA
37. I AM……………..
• GEORGE WASHINGTON PROVIDED MILITARY LEADERSHIP BY SERVING
AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY
• JAMES ARMISTEAD LAFAYETTE A SLAVE FROM VIRGINIA, SERVED IN
THE CONTINENTAL ARMY AND WAS GIVEN HIS FREEDOM AFTER THE
WAR.
• THOMAS JEFFERSON PROVIDED POLITICAL LEADERSHIP BY
EXPRESSING THE REASONS FOR COLONIAL INDEPENDENCE FROM
ENGLAND IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
38. WHAT AM I?
• CONTRIBUTIONS OF VIRGINIANS DURING THE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA
39. I AM…………..
• PATRICK HENRY INSPIRED PATRIOTS FROM OTHER
COLONIES WHEN HE SPOKE OUT AGAINST TAXATION
WITHOUT REPRESENTATION BY SAYING “…GIVE ME
LIBERTY OF GIVE ME DEATH!”
• JACK JOUETT RODE HORSEBACK THROUGH THE
WOODS OF VIRGINIA TO CHARLOTTESVILLE TO WARN
THOMAS JEFFERSON, THEN GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA,
THAT THE BRITISH WERE COMING TO ARREST HIM
AND MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
43. I AM………………
• WASHINGTON WAS ELECTED AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
• HE PROVIDED STRONG LEADERSHIP NEEDED TO HELP THE YOUNG
COUNTRY.
• HE ALSO PROVIDED A MODEL OF LEADERSHIP FOR FUTURE
PRESIDENTS
45. I AM…………….
• HE BELIEVED IN THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A
CONSTITUTION. HE KEPT DETAILED NOTES AT THE
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
• HIS SKILLS AT COMPROMISE HELPED THE DELEGATES REACH
AGREEMENT DURING THE WRITING OF THE CONSTITUTION
46. WHAT AM I?
• THE VIRGINIA DECLARATION OF RIGHTS BY GEORGE
MASON
47. I AM……………
• A DOCUMENT THAT STATES THAT ALL VIRGINIANS SHOULD HAVE
CERTAIN RIGHTS, INCLUDING FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND PRESS.
• THE DOCUMENT BECAME THE BASIS FOR THE BILL OF RIGHTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION
48. WHAT AM I?
• THE VIRGINIA STATUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, BY
THOMAS JEFFERSON
49. I AM……………
• A DOCUMENT THAT STATES THAT ALL PEOPLE SHOULD BE FREE TO
WORSHIP AS THEY PLEASE
• WAS THE BASIS FOR THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
WHICH PROTECTS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
