A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . History of Virginia and Virginians. 153 backwoodsman, made a striking and attractive picture asthey wound along the highways that thread many of thebeautiful landscapes of the State by day or when lightedup at night by the glare of their camp-fires. With theintroduction and extension of railroads the wagon trainsgradually disappeared. QUESTIONS. 1. What was the condition of the people at the end of the war ? 2. Why? 3. What were the people too poor to pay ? 4. What contributed to the recovery of the State from her impoverish-ment ? 5. Te
A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . History of Virginia and Virginians. 153 backwoodsman, made a striking and attractive picture asthey wound along the highways that thread many of thebeautiful landscapes of the State by day or when lightedup at night by the glare of their camp-fires. With theintroduction and extension of railroads the wagon trainsgradually disappeared. QUESTIONS. 1. What was the condition of the people at the end of the war ? 2. Why? 3. What were the people too poor to pay ? 4. What contributed to the recovery of the State from her impoverish-ment ? 5. Tell how the people lived in Eastern Virginia. 6. What did they produce ? 7. What did they export? 8. What were some of their imports ? 9. Why were there few paupers ? 10. What is said of Piedmont and the Valley? 11. Where were their principal markets ? 12. How were these reached ?. AN BASTEKN VIRGINIA KITCHEN PRIOR TO THE WAR. 154 History of Virginia and Virginians. SYNOPSIS FOR REVIEW. Chapter XIX.—Committee of Safety. The Virginia Resolutions. Richard Henry Lees Resolutions. The Declaration of Independence. Religious Controversies. Disestablishment of the Church. Religious Liberty. The Law of Primogeniture. Progress of the War. Expedition Against the British in the Northwest. George Rogers Clarkes Victories. The Northwest Territory. The Character of the Virginians. Elizabeth Zane. Chapter XX.—The Unequal Struggle. War Transferred to Virginia—Benedict Arnold. Lafayette. Tarletons Burnings. Effort to Capture the Governor and Legislature. Anecdote of Patrick Henry. Escape of Governor Jefferson. Tarleton Takes a Hint The Cost of the Invasion. The Outlook Gloomy. France Our Friend. Siege of Yorktown. The Assault. A Truce Proposed. Surrender of Cornwall is. Nelson and the Gunners. Chapter XXL—The Poverty of the ^low, •The Country th
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