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Key Terms:
Constitution:
a plan for
government
Delegate:
A person who
represents a group of
people at a meeting
Compromise:
To settle differences
by each group giving
up some demands
Document:
A written paper
giving information or
proof of something
Amendment:
An addition to the
Constitution
Migrate:
To move from one
place to another
Culture:
The way of life of a
group of people
Tradition:
A belief or custom
handed down from
one generation to
another
Elected the First President of the
United States
• Strong Military Leadership by serving
as Commander in Chief of the
Continental Army
• Provided a model of political leadership
for future presidents
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• Kept detailed notes at the Constitutional
Convention.
• His skills at compromise helped the delegates reach
agreement during the difficult process of writing the
Constitution of the United States.
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All Virginians should have certain rights, including freedom of
religion and freedom of the press
This document became the basis for the Bill of Rights to the
Constitution of the United States of America.
• Many people went west and south
looking for new farm land because
tobacco farming was hard on the
soil.
• Virginians migrated into western
territories looking for large areas of
land and new opportunities.
• As Virginian’s moved, they took their
traditions, ideas, and cultures with
them.
• Settlers moved across the
Appalachian Mountains through the
Cumberland Gap as they migrated to
new lands in the west.
• All people should be free to worship as they
please
• Basis for the First Amendment to the
Constitution, the amendment that protects
religious freedom