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Race to the Governor's House - 5

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drinking water
One of the factors related to the move from Jamestown to Williamsburg was the ________ __________ was contaminated by seepage of salt water.
disease
One factor related to the move from Jamestown to Williamsburg was that dirty living conditions caused _________.
fire
One reason the capital was moved to Williamsburg was that __________ destroyed wooden and brick buildings in Jamestown.
Williamsburg and then to Richmond
The capital of Virginia started in Jamestown. What were the next two locations for the capital?
1. Drinking water was contaminated
2. Dirty living conditions caused disease
3. Fire destroyed wooden and brick buildings
Three factors that influenced the move of the capital from Jamestown to Williamsburg
westward
The capital moved from Williamsburg to Richmond partly because the population was moving _________.
location
Richmond was a more central _________ for a capital.
British
Moving the capital to Richmond increased the distance from the sea and possible attack by the _________.
1. Population was moving westward
2. New location was a more central location
3. Increased the distance from the sea and possible attack by the British
Three factors that influenced the move of the capital from Williamsburg to Richmond
Money
Medium of exchange which includes coins and paper bills
Barter
Trading or exchanging goods and services without the use of money
Credit
Buying of goods and services now and paying for them later
Debt
Good or service owed to another
Savings
Money put away to save or to spend at a later time
Few
________ people had paper money or coins to use to buy goods and services.
Barter
What was commonly used instead of money
Tobacco
A tobacco farmer could use his ______ to pay for goods and services
credit, debt
Farmers and other consumers could buy goods and services on ______ and pay their ______ when crops were sold and harvested
zero
How many banks did colonial Virginia have?
limited
In colonial Virginia food choices were
produce, meats
Meals were made of local ______ and _______
one
Some people (farmers) lived in large houses, but most people lived in ________ room houses with dirt floors
cotton, wool, leather
Households made their own clothes. What most clothing was made from
as small farmers
How most white Virginians made their living
rights
Enslaved African Americans had no
businesses, property
Many free African Americans owned their own ________ and _______.
governed
The colonists and the British Parliament disagreed over how the colonies should be _______.
Parliament (the local assemblies)
Who believed it had legal authority in the colonies?
tax
Parliament had the right to ______ the colonies.
representation
The colonists believed they should not be taxed since they had no _______ in Parliament.
Thomas Jefferson
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
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