I had a great time visiting Colonial Williamsburg this week. I got to explore the entire revoluntionary city and learned a lot about life in the colonies before the Revolutionary War.
I got to have my picture taken with Thomas Jefferson.
I toured the former home of George Wythe. He was a very important person in history. He taught Thomas Jefferson along with many of his contemporaries the law. He started the first law school in the colonies at the college of William and Mary. He was friends and allies with George Washington. I got my picture taken in the bedroom George Washington slept in while planning his strategy for the Battle at Yorktown. Doesn't the bed look comfy?
I even got to eat lunch at a real colonial style tavern. Lunch was VERY yummy.
I learned that brick making is very hard work. This was usually done by either indentured servants or former criminals who were working off their debts. I learned the best way to prepare clay for brick making is to walk around in the clay and blend it well. It was fun playing in the clay but a little cold and mushy on my feet.
Then I visited the former Capitol Building of Virginia. Did you know that Williamsburg used to be the capital of Virginia? This is the courtroom where 4 times a year the high court of the colony met to determine the guilt or innocence of criminal charged with crimes. This is also the building where the Burgesses met and agreed to the wording of the Declaration of Independence in May of 1776. I got a copy of the Declaration of Independence to bring home with me.
After visiting the courthouse I got to visit the jail. I learned that the jailer and his family got to live in a very large home for the time in exchange for tending to the prisoners. Prisoners from all over the colony were sent to stay in one of 4 cells and await trial. This the jail that Blackbeard and 14 of his pirates were kept at awaiting their trial. The cell was very dark and small. Glad I didn't have to say in here very long.
I even got a special pin to bring home with me because I visited all of the sites in the revoluntionary city.
I got to have my picture taken with Thomas Jefferson.
I toured the former home of George Wythe. He was a very important person in history. He taught Thomas Jefferson along with many of his contemporaries the law. He started the first law school in the colonies at the college of William and Mary. He was friends and allies with George Washington. I got my picture taken in the bedroom George Washington slept in while planning his strategy for the Battle at Yorktown. Doesn't the bed look comfy?
I even got to eat lunch at a real colonial style tavern. Lunch was VERY yummy.
I learned that brick making is very hard work. This was usually done by either indentured servants or former criminals who were working off their debts. I learned the best way to prepare clay for brick making is to walk around in the clay and blend it well. It was fun playing in the clay but a little cold and mushy on my feet.
Then I visited the former Capitol Building of Virginia. Did you know that Williamsburg used to be the capital of Virginia? This is the courtroom where 4 times a year the high court of the colony met to determine the guilt or innocence of criminal charged with crimes. This is also the building where the Burgesses met and agreed to the wording of the Declaration of Independence in May of 1776. I got a copy of the Declaration of Independence to bring home with me.
After visiting the courthouse I got to visit the jail. I learned that the jailer and his family got to live in a very large home for the time in exchange for tending to the prisoners. Prisoners from all over the colony were sent to stay in one of 4 cells and await trial. This the jail that Blackbeard and 14 of his pirates were kept at awaiting their trial. The cell was very dark and small. Glad I didn't have to say in here very long.
I even got a special pin to bring home with me because I visited all of the sites in the revoluntionary city.
