The “Act of Reliefe (“relief”)” in this colony mandated that married women suspected of treason could receive twenty lashes. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this colony where Christina Campbell’s tavern was the favorite seafood spot of native son George Washington.
ANSWER: Colonial Virginia [or the Virginia Colony]
[10m] The “Act of Reliefe” targeted people like Lydia Cheesman who fomented this uprising in which indentured servants and slaves rose up and torched Jamestown in 1676.
ANSWER: Bacon’s Rebellion [or Nathaniel Bacon’s Rebellion or Bacon’s Revolt]
[10h] Williamsburg was home to a woman with this profession named Catherine Blaikley. In the early 20th century, increasingly strict registration and health laws reduced the “granny” type of this job.
ANSWER: midwife [or midwives; or midwifery; accept obstetrics or birth attendants; accept granny midwives; accept descriptions like assisting childbirth or delivering babies; prompt on nurse; reject “doctor”]
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