Question
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”]
<Ganon Evans, History - American - Pre-1865> ~20393~ <Editor: Michael Bentley>
Summary
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| Barrington A | Thomas Jefferson A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |