Virginia's Present and Past

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Virginia's Present and Past

• Morgan
• Alma

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FAST FACTS

• Capital Richmond
• Population -7,078,515
• Area -42,769 miles
• State Bird-Cardinal
• State flower- American Dogwood
• Nickname Old Dominion State
• 35th biggest state

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Economy

• Industry
• Equipment
• Electric equipment
• Textiles
• Chemicals
• Printing

• Agriculture
• Cattle
• Tobacco
• Dairy products
• Poultry
• Hogs
• Soybeans

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Famous People

• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• James Monroe
• William Henry Harrison
• Zachary Taylor

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Tourist attractions

• Bush Gardens
• Williamsburg
• Shirley Plantation
• Splash down water park

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Why They Came

• Thought there was gold
• Wanted to start families and plantations

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American leaders

• John Sergeant Wise
• (American leader)
• William Nelson
• (American leader Governor)

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What Did They Do After Arrival?

• Found no gold started farming
• Started plantations
• Started towns
• Changed laws

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Problems They Faced

• Moved to Indian land and Indians did not like it

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Revolutionary War History

• John Todd was a frontier military officer
• Fort Henry- a fort located along Ohio River

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Where they settled

• By Vag river
• The southern colonies

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sources

• History social science
• http//www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/ga1.html
  
• http//www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/
• http//www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html

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Conclusion

• We recommend you come to Virgina for a vacation
  or move their. It has great tourist
  attractions. Like splash down water park
  Shirley plantations it's great for a family
  vacation.