3. Moving the Capital

Match

Match the following vocabulary

• barter

• cash crop

• credit

• debt

• savings

to trade items instead of using money

plants grown only to sell to make money

to buy now and pay later

to owe money

to keep money in a safe place

• to trade items instead of using money

• plants grown only to sell to make money

• to buy now and pay later

• to owe money

• to keep money in a safe place

Match

Match the following vocabulary words.

• agriculture

• migrated

• immigrant

• culture

having to do with farming

to move from place to another

people who move to a new country

traditions and beliefs passed down

• having to do with farming

• to move from place to another

• people who move to a new country

• traditions and beliefs passed down

Labelling

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fires

diseases

contamination

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Virginia's first capital was ​

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.

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Jamestown

Williamsburg

York

Richmond

Fredricksburg

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​ decided to move the capital away from Jamestown in 1699.

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General Assembly

King James I

President

Congress

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In

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the capital was moved to Middle Plantation.

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1699

1607

1609

1622

Poll

Why do you think the capital was moved in 1799 from Williamsburg to Richmond?

• Moving here increased distance from the sea and British attack.

• Drinking water was contaminated by seepage of salt water.

• Dirty living conditions caused diseases. 

• This was a more central location.