| A | B |
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| Jamestown | The first permanent English settlement in North America. |
| Piedmont, VA | Thomas Jefferson grew up here. |
| Williamsburg, VA | Thomas Jefferson attended college here. |
| The House of Burgesses | A group of citizens who made the laws in Virginia. |
| Patrick Henry | This man gave speeches to inform people of the unfair taxes imposed by England. |
| Thomas Jefferson | He wrote the Declaration of Independence and became the third President of the United States. |
| Eli Whitney | He invented the cotton gin. |
| cotton gin | This machine separates the seeds from the cotton. |
| cash crop | A crop that is grown to be sold for money. |
| plantation | A large farm. |
| Harriet Tubman | She helped members of her family and many others escape through the Underground Railroad. |
| The Underground Railroad | The secret routes used to escape from slavery to find freedom in the North. |
| Frederick Douglass | He was a former slave who spoke to large groups in the North about the horrors of slavery. |
| Abraham Lincoln | He was President during the Civil War. |
| The Confederacy | Southeastern states that supported slavery. |
| The Union | Northeastern states that opposed slavery. |
| Robert E. Lee | Commander of the Confederate Army. |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Commander of the Union Army. |
