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Race Test 5
Question | Answer |
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One of the factors related to the move from Jamestown to Williamsburg was ________ ______ was contaminated by seepage of salt water. | drinking water |
Another factor related to the move to Williamsburg was dirty living conditions caused what? | disease |
Another reason for moving the colony to Williamsburg was that Williamsburg was situated at a ______ elevation than Jamestown. | higher |
Another reason to move to Williamsburg was that _______ destroyed wooden buildings at Jamestown. | Fire |
Name 3 facots that influenced the move of the capital from Jamestown to Williamsburg. | 1. Drinking water was contaminated 2. Dirty living conditions caused disease 3. Williamsburg was at a higher elevation 4. fire destroyed wooden buildings in Jamestown. |
The capital of the colony started in Jamestown. Tell the next two locations for the capital. | Williamsburg then to Richmond |
The capital moved from Williamsburg to Richmond partly because teh population was miving_______. | westward |
Richmond was a more central _______ for a capital. | location |
Richmond's location was better for what? | trade |
Moving the capital to Richmond increased the distance from attack by the _________. | English |
Name 3 factors that influenced the move of the capital from Williamsburg to Richmond. | 1. Population was moving westward 2. Richmond was a more central location 3. The location was better for trade 4. Increased the distance from English attack |
Name the medium of exchange (curreny, which includes coins and paper bills). | Money |
What is the trading/exchanging of goods and services without the use of money? | Barter |
This is the buying of goods and services now and paying for them later. | Credit |
This is a good or service owed to another. | Debt |
What is money put away to save or spend at a later time? | Saving |
This was commonly not used in early agricultural societies. | Money |
What was commonly used instead of money? | Barter |
_______ people had money and coins to use to buy goods and services. | Few |
A tobacco farmer could use his _______ to pay for goods and services. | tobbaco |
Farmers and other consumers could also buy goods and services on _______ and pay their ______ when the crops were harvested and sold. | credit debit |
Did colonial VA have any banks? | No |
Conflicts developed between the colonies and _________ over how the colonies should be governed. | England |
The colonists and the English Parilament disagreed over how the colonies should be ___________. | Governed |
Who believed it had the legal authority in the colonies? | Parliament and the local assenblies |
Parliament believed it had the right to _______ the colonies. | Tax |
The colonists believed they should not be taxed since they had no _______ in parliament. | Representation |
What document gave the reasons for independence and ideas for self government? | Declaration of Indpendence |
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |
The Declaration of Independence statest that the authority to govern belongs to the ________ rather than to kings and that all ________ are created equal and have rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. | People People |
Virginians made significant contributions to which era? | Revolutionary Era |