Colonial Williamsburg

This will be your guide through colonial Williamsburg. Please review all of the links and answer all of the questions before completing the quiz. Please be sure to write down answers to all of the questions because we will be disucssing them later. If you want to learn more, additional materials can be located here. ​

Tour of Williamsburg

1). When was Williamsburg settled?
2). Why was it originally called middle plantation?
3). What 2 kinds of people was Williamsburg divided into?
4). Who was Williamsburg named after?
5). What did children do for fun?
6). ​What was different about the education of young girls in Colonial times?

​Childhood in Colonial times

1). What work did children have in the 1800's?
2). Did kids go to school?
​3). Did boys and girls have different responsibilities?
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  Enslaved African Americans
   1). What kind of work did enslaved African Americans do in
    the 1800's?
    2). Did families live together?
    3). What were some worries that slaves had?
    4). How are things different in our society today?
    

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Cooper-ation Game
1). What do coopers do?
​2). How long does it take to make a cask?
3). How did colonial Americans use casks?

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  Colonial America: Williamsburg
   1). What was Williamsburg originally called?
   2). Why was Williamsburg important during the American        
   Revolution?
   3). Name two interesting facts about Williamsburg.

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"Zoom in" on the Declaration of Independence
1). Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
2). When was it written?
3). What do you notice about the document? Is it easy or hard to understand? Why?

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