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Richmond was a more central ___ for a capital. | location |
Richmond's location was better for?t | trade |
Moving the capital to Richmond increased the distance from attack by the ___. | English |
Name three factors that influenced the move of the capital from Williamsburg to Richmond. | Population was moving westward, Richmond was a more central location, better for trade. |
Name the medium exchange(currency, 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 to 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 paper money and coins to use to buy goods and services. | few |
A tobacco farmer could use his ___ to pay for goods and services. | tobacco |
Farmers and other consumers could also buy goods and services on ___ and pay their ___ when the crops were harvested and sold. | credit, debt |
Conflicts developed between the colonies and ___ over how the colonies should be governed. | England |
The colonists and the English Paliament disagreed over how the colonies should be ___. | governed |
Who believed it had the legal authority in the colonies? | Parliament and local assemblies |
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-govenment? | The Declaration of Independence |
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |
The Declaration of Independence states that authority to govern belongs to the ___ rather than to kings and that all __ are created equal. | people |
Virginians made significant contributions during which era? | Revolutionary Era |
Who served in the Continental Army and fought against the English? | patiots |
Where did the English surrender? | Yorktown |
What did they call Virginians who did not take sides in the Revolutionary War? | neutral |
Other Virginians remained devoted to England. They were called what? | Loyalists |
African Americans from Virginia were __ about the war. | divided |
Some slaves fought for the English because they were promised what? | freedom |
What slave from Virginia served in the Continental Army and was given his freedom? | James Armistead Lafayette |