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Virginia Virginia, Your own little corner of heaven.

What is Virginia's Main Export? Viginia is a rich land. How did it become rich? Virginia grows tobacco on the Plantation Owners' plantations. Ships will come from England, and dock at the Plantation Owner's private docks. The tobacco will be loaded on to them, and it will be brought back to England to be sold, which is how we get so much money. Tobacco is in high demand nowadays, and Virginia is smart to export it.

What is some goegraphical information about Virginia? The longitude of Virginia is 75° 13'W to 83° 37'W. The latitude is 36° 31'N to 39° 37'N Virginia is roungly 430 miles long and 200 miles wide. Virginia covers 42,769 square miles. 3,171 square miles of Virginia is covered by water, so we won't run out of water. The Average Elevation of the colony of Virginia is 950 feet above sea level. The highest point in the Virginia coloney is Mount Rogers at 5,729 feet above sea level. The lowest point in Virginia coloney is sea level where Virginia meets the Atlantic Ocean in the east. We have plenty of water in Virginia. Some of the major rivers and lakes are; the James River, Rappahannock River, Potomac River, Shenandoah River, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Lake Moomaw, and Pound Lake.

Who is the founder of Virginia? John Smith, the wonderful founder of Virginia lived from 1580-1631. He was born in Willoughby, England. His dream was to go to sea and be a captain. When he was only 16 his father died and his mother re-married leaving him alone. Within the next few years he fought for the Neatherlands and Hungary. During a fight against Turkey he was captured, and was forced to be a slave, he mannaged to escape and fled back to England. In 1604 he was the head of an expidition to settle Virginia, how he mannaged to get this status is unknown. He was very impotant in the survival of Jamestown in its first year according to many settelers. He took many notes, maps, and recorded information on the coloney, this is very useful to travelers and will be for years to come. He was ingured in a gun powder accsedent and was sent back to England. In 1614 he returned to his precious Virginia. He worked to found another coloney called New England. Smith got along fairly well with the Indians, this was because he had escaped death many times, including a very close incounter with a poisionus sting ray. The Indians belive that he was blessed, and didn't want to get on his bad side. He died of natural causes in London at the age of 51.

What are the Social Statusses and how does each Live? In Virginia, your family will have the time of their lives! There are four diffrent social classes that people have been split into. The Wealthy Plantation Owneres, The Farm Families, and The Black Slaves.

If you are a planatation owner, life is good.They hold the most power. The houses the plantation owners live in are absolutly magnificent. Most of the houses have gorgeous white columns, winding staircases, and dozens of rooms with high ceilings.They have gardens and pools surrounding the houses, and leading to a house they have a road bordered with magnificent trees. They have servants who take care of all their needs,and their furniture is much like that of english aristocrats in England. The plantation owners also have enough time and money to hold grand balls and parties.More pastimes are card playing, hunting, and horse racing. The plantation owner's children are pampred and live a happy life. Most of the girls are given dolls in silk dresse and tea sets, while the boys play with marbles, tops, and miniture armies. They are educated by tutors who come to their home. Who wouldn't want this life for you and your family?

If you are not quite so rich, don't worry! We still have the perfect lifestyle for you. You will become one of The Farm Families! Their houses are made of logs, and so is all the furniture. A fireplace will keep you and your family warm, and also will cook your food. Your food will consist mostly of deer and bear meat, corn, and many diffrent types of stew. When you want meat, you can go out and hunt it in the woods. Talk about character building! Your children will lead a nice, hardworking life. Instead of going to school, you will teach your child what you know. Who wants to pay extra taxes, anyway? Most of your children's life will be spent helping their parents and learning different important life skills. The medicines you would use to cure and sicknesss Sassafrass Tea and tobbacco, both great cures for different illnesses. The fronteir women would be your villages' "doctor". Of course, you do have relaxation and party time. Two of their parties are "cornhusking bees" and a "house-raising". In corn-husking bees, people get together and husk corn, rather than to husk it by yourself. When a new neighbor moves in, you have a party called house-raising. Men put the finishing touches on the house, the women sew quilts, and the children run around and play games.

For your African Slaves looking for a change, The Black Slaves is the social group for them! If they become of them, the slaves work in the Plantation owners' tobacco feilds. They will live in a hut on the Plantation owner's property. Slaves pick and prepare the tobacco, and even get breaks! When the days work is done, they go back to their cabin for some family time or sleep. None of the slaves can read or write. We wouldn't want to start a rebellion! Even though they work alot and can't read or write, they will start having fun as soon as their work week ends. On saturday night, they gather together to sing and dance. On Sunday the slaves who were baptized go to church, and others would play and rest. Even though they are slaves, Virginia offers a pretty nice lifestyle for them.

What are some things people have said about Virginia? "They live in so happy a climate and have so fertile a soil that nobody among the white Virginians is poor." Quoted by, Robert Beverly, 1705, one of Virginias settelers. “They will come to enjoy the Benefit of Agriculture, and of all the Arts that are useful in Society: they will of consequence grow happier and more numerous.” Quoted by Thomas Wilson "For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us." Quoted by John Winthrop, a puritan.

What are the Major Cities and Ports? There are a few major cities and ports in Virginia. Some of the major cities include Williamsburg, Jamestown, Petersburg and Norfolk. Some of the major river ports are Richmond, Petersburg, Freidricksburg, and Alexandria.

What do you think will happen to Virginia in the future? We predict that Virginia will not only survive but be a magnifisent coloney. We all will be rich, since the demand for our tabocco is growing so rapidly. All plantation owners and farmers wealth will grow before they can even blink. Soon we will have so much power that other colonys will want to join with us, and ask us for help with their troubles. We will make ourselves a feared army but only use it when nessisary, if anyone else attacked, then we would easly win and get their land and power with it. We could have all the other coloneys if we wanted them. So, come, be part of the future.

Are there any risks to coming to Virginia? There are few risks to coming to our beautiful coloney. The small risk that the weather could be bad, is always a factor to everybody. Although, even if there is a bad growing season, tabacco is a stong plant that could still provide enough money for you and your families, and since tabacco is such a big trend, even if we raised the price we could still have money for what we need.

Works Sited Fradin, Dennis B. The Virginia Coloney http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/va_geography.htm http://www.history.org/history/teaching/enewsletter/volume3/november04/primsource.cfm http://www.fasttrackteaching.com/quotes2col.html