What am i who am - - 2 nd benchmark review 1-2015
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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…………….
•AGRICULTURE WAS A PRIMARY SOURCE OF WEALTH• Tobacco became the most profitable agricultural product and was sold in England as a cash crop
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……………….• 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.
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
I AM……………
•Tobacco was used as money.
•A Tobacco farmer could use his tobacco to pay for goods and services.
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).
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.
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
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
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.
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.
I AM……………
• THE BRITISH SURRENDERED TO THE COLONIAL ARMY, BRINGING AN END TO THE WAR AND TO THE CREATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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
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
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