Colonial Virginia

    Colonial Virginia is filled with important American history from over two centuries ago.  It has many famous historical sites such as, Carter's Grove, Jamestown,Yorktown, and Williamsburg.

        Carter's Grove is located eight miles southeast of Williamsburg and borders the James River.  It includes a reconstructed replica of a slave quarter, a museum, and a plantation mansion.  This plantations crops were corn, wheat, apples, meat, and dairy products. 

        Williamsburg is the restored capitol of the eighteenth-century Virginia.  There are guided walking tours of actual eighteenth-century homes. In order to learn more about Williamsburg and its history people you can visit the Courthouse, the Governor's Palace, and the Capitol.  However, the story of Virginia really began in the seventeenth-century at Jamestown.

        Jamestown was the center of government for England's  largest colony in North America.   Jamestown is where  lawmakers governed the colonists, helped the area to be settled , and established a system of slavery.  The early settlement of Jamestown was not successful because in the swampy area there were mosquitoes which gave many settlers malaria and other diseases. It was also difficult to fight against Indian attacks, but Jamestown was eventually settled successfully.

        Yorktown is the place where the Americans won the Revolutionary  War.   With help from the French, the British army was forced to surrender to the Americans.  To learn about this battle, you can visit a military camp where muskets are fired and army life is discussed. 

       The graduating class of 2005 visited all these wonderful places under the expert guidance of six Benjamin School teachers. We went for three fun-filled days where not a moment was wasted. We not only learned  about American History, but we learned to be responsible for ourselves.

Olmert ,Michael.Official Guide to Colonial Williamsburg . The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: Williamsburg ,Virginia ,1995.

by Renee G.

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