WHAT AM I?2ND BENCHMARK REVIEW- JAN. 2015

S. GREY

WHAT AM I?

• A LARGE FARM

I AM……………….

• A PLANTATION

WHAT AM I?

•A PERSON WHO IS OWNED BY ANOTHER PERSON AND HAS NO FREEDOM OR RIGHTS

I AM…………….

•A SLAVE

WHAT AM I?

•A CROP THAT IS GROWN TO SELL FOR MONEY RATHER THAN TO BE CONSUMED OR USED FOR PROCESSING A GOOD

I AM…………….

•A CASH CROP

WHAT AM I?

•THE ECONOMY OF VIRGINIA DEPENDED ON

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

WHAT AM I?

• THE SUCCESSFUL PLANTING OF TOBACCO:

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

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:

I AM…………….

•EXAMPLES OF CULTURAL LANDSCAPES:•BARNS•HOMES•PLACES OF WORSHIP

WHAT AM I?

•PLACES THAT REFLECT CULTURE:

I AM………………

•RICHMOND ~ ENGLISH CULTURE

•ROANOKE ~ AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURE

WHAT AM I?

•WHAT GROUPS MOVED TO VIRGINIA?WHERE DID THEY LIVE?

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.

WHAT AM I?

•WHAT ARE SOME FACTORS THAT INFLUENCED THE MOVE OF THE CAPITAL FROM JAMESTOWN TO WILLIAMSBURG

I AM…………..

•WATER WAS CONTAMINATED

•DIRTY LIVING CONDITIONS CAUSED DISEASES

•FIRE DESTROYED WOODEN BUILDINGS AT JAMESTOWN

•WILLIAMSBURG WAS AT A HIGHER ELEVATION.

WHAT AM I?

•WHY DID THEY MOVE FROM WILLIAMSBURG TO RICHMOND?

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)

WHAT AM I?

• SINCE MONEY WAS NOT COMMONLY USED, WHAT FORMS OF EXCHANGE WERE USED IN THE VIRGINIA COLONY?

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

WHAT AM I?

• WHAT I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TOBACCO

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•Tobacco was used as money.

•A Tobacco farmer could use his tobacco to pay for goods and services.

WHAT AM I?

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.

WHAT AM I?

•PEOPLE LIVING IN COLONIAL VIRGINIA

•DEPENDED ON NATURAL, HUMAN, AND CAPITAL RESOURCES TO PRODUCE THE GOODS AND SERVICES THEY NEEDED.

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).

WHAT AM I?

•Parliament vs. The Colonies

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.

WHAT AM I?

•THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

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•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

WHAT AM I?

•VARIED ROLES OF VIRGINIANS IN THE REVOLUTIONARYWAR

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

WHAT AM I?

•CONTRIBUTIONS OF VIRGINIANS DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA

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• 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.

WHAT AM I?

•CONTRIBUTIONS OF VIRGINIANS DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA

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.

WHAT AM I?

•American Victory at Yorktown

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• THE BRITISH SURRENDERED TO THE COLONIAL ARMY, BRINGING AN END TO THE WAR AND TO THE CREATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

WHAT AM I?

•CONTRIBUTIONS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON

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

WHAT AM I?

•Contributions of James Madison

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

WHAT AM I?

• THE VIRGINIA DECLARATION OF RIGHTS BY GEORGE MASON

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

WHAT AM I?

• THE VIRGINIA STATUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, BY THOMAS JEFFERSON

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