\nComic sample page #2: What is in Washington’s first term?<\/a>
\nTopics covered<\/a> in this comic book
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<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/a> <\/a> Virginia is one of England’s biggest and wealthiest colonies in North America in 1675. But tensions are growing between rich planters who own large plantations in the east and small farmers who must go west into the wooded frontier to find land for themselves. That tension becomes America\u2019s first open rebellion against England’s royal power when Nathaniel Bacon comes from England and takes up the small farmers’ cause . . .<\/p>\n Topics covered in this chapter include: CHAPTER 2 PATRICK HENRY<\/strong><\/p>\n In 1699 the capital of Virginia moves from Jamestown to Williamsburg. There is calm for 60 years. But Patrick Henry is part of a generation of Virginians who are born on the frontier and grow up questioning the relationship of their colony to “Mother England.” Henry himself is bold enough to say these questions out loud, in public! He is in the colony’s House of Burgesses only three days before he makes a ruckus by opposing the king\u2019s Stamp Act tax in 1765. And the words only get hotter from there . . .<\/p>\n Topics covered in this chapter include: CHAPTER 3 GEORGE WASHINGTON<\/strong><\/p>\n Young George Washington surveys the frontier to mark off land for settlers, and he wants to join the British army. But the Redcoats will not have him. So he is available in 1775 when the rebelling American colonies need a general to lead their patriot soldiers. Washington holds the ragtag troops together until his victory at Yorktown in 1781 smashes a major British force. Winning a war against the world’s superpower is amazing enough. But now Washington faces an even bigger challenge: forming a peacetime government that will hold the American states together . . .<\/p>\n Topics covered in this chapter include: CHAPTER 4 JOHN MARSHALL<\/strong><\/p>\n In 1801, America has a working government and some stability after George Washington’s two terms as president. But the job of founding (forming) America is not done yet. One of the nation’s three government branches is still very weak: the judiciary. There is not true balance in our system of checks and balances. Virginian John Marshall is put on the United States Supreme Court in 1801 \u2013 can he do something to build the power of judges?<\/p>\n Topics covered in this chapter include: <\/a><\/p>\n Chester the Crab meets some of the people who helped create the United States of America as a bold and independent nation. Sometimes that creation of a new kind of government was messy. There were fights and arguments. These people … Continue reading
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\nCHAPTER 1 NATHANIEL BACON<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWhen was Virginia’s first revolution?
\nWho was Nathaniel Bacon?
\nWhy did settlers fight Indians in 1675?
\nWho ruled Jamestown in 1676?
\nWho won Bacon’s Rebellion?<\/p>\n
\nWho was Henry the Menace?
\nWho fought the King’s Stamp Tax?
\nHow did Henry menace King George?
\nWho was Virginia’s first elected governor?
\nWhy did Henry menace the Constitution?<\/p>\n
\nWhy did America need a president?
\nWhere was Washington’s inauguration?
\nWhat is in Washington’s first term?
\nHow did Washington view the world?
\nWho ended the Whiskey Rebellion?<\/p>\n
\nHow did John Marshall start judging?
\nWhere are courts in the Constitution?
\nHow strong was the Supreme Court?
\nWho makes laws unconstitutional?
\nDid politics or the law save Burr?<\/p>\nView the FOUNDING FATHERS<\/a> Teacher’s Guide.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"