Aug 2006 - Colonial Virginia
This is the continuation of our trip to Virginia. We left the rolling hills of western Virginia for the coastal settlements of Jamestown, Williamsburg, and York. At Jamestown is a replica of the site of an early pilgrim landing which hopefully you remember from US history. My favorite part were the ships. I would love to sail one of those! Williamsburg is a living history thing of life prior to the Revolutionary War. And York is the location of what is generally considered to be the battle that won the Revolutionary War.
This is the continuation of our trip to Virginia. We left the rolling hills of western Virginia for the coastal settlements of Jamestown, Williamsburg, and York. At Jamestown is a replica of the site of an early pilgrim landing which hopefully you remember from US history. My favorite part were the ships. I would love to sail one of those! Williamsburg is a living history thing of life prior to the Revolutionary War. And York is the location of what is generally considered to be the battle that won the Revolutionary War.
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| A fence with cannons to fend off the native Americans | A typical house | The church. They had to go to church 3 times a day. That really sucks... |
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| They came looking for riches, and they found tobacco | For the extra big native Americans? I'd guess more likely for the Spanish | The tips of the sails in the harbor |
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| The Governor's Mansion | A pretty cool church | |
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| The armory | Lots of rifles and pistols, apparently functional | |
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| Outside the courthouse | The government building | The courtroom |
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| A brickyard where they actually make bricks by hand | At York, a key revolutionary war battlefield | |
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| British defensive measures | The Americans! Woohoo! | The American artillery |
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| Some freak storm destroyed all of the British boats, and since they were backed up to the sea they were unable to escape and surrendered. |