Immigration
American Indians move in what part of Virginia before the colonists came to North America?
all of Virginia
What is agriculture?
Growing plants and/or livestock
What was used as money in Colonial Virginia?
tobacco
True or False:
Most white Virginians made their living by mining natural resources to send to England.
False
What is a natural resource?
resources found in nature, not made by humans
The colonists at Jamestown decided to move their capital to _____________?
Williamsburg
What types of homes did most white people have in colonial Virginia?
one-bedroom houses with dirt floors
How many banks were in Colonial Virginia?
0 - They had no banks.
Double Jeopardy
Who made the clothing at Colonial Virginia? What was the clothing made out of?
Women
leather, cotton, and wool
What was a way that immigrants settling in different parts of Virginia influenced the area around them?
architecture: barns, homes, and places of worship
names of cities:
Roanoke -> English
Richmond -> Native American
Native Americans were forced to move ___________ when the colonists came to Jamestown.
inland
What was the cash crop of colonial Virginia?
tobacco
Double Jeopardy
What is the form of getting goods and services did the colonists use in Colonial Virginia?
barter
Who were denied basic rights during Colonial Virginia?
Enslaved and freed African Americans
What happened to buildings at Jamestown that was a reason for the colonists moving the capital to Williamsburg?
Fires started to burn wooden and brick buildings
What group(s) of immigrants settled in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) and Piedmont regions?
English and African Americans
What is a cash crop?
A crop grown for the purpose of making money from it
Read the example and decide if it is credit, debt, savings, or barter:
Cora went to the doctor's today and got medicine. She promised to pay later when she harvests her crops.
credit
What was to options for food at Williamsburg?
Food was limited to what they could get locally
People were dying due to diseases that were cause by _________ and _____________ which was a factor for moving the capital to Williamsburg?
mosquitoes and marshy water
Which group(s) of immigrants settled in the Shenandoah Valley?
Scots-Irish and Germans
Virginia's economy depended on ____________ as the primary source of wealth.
agriculture
Read the example and decide if it is credit, debt, savings, or barter:
Lily forgot to bring her pencil to school. She asks Jayden if she can have one of his in exchange for 10 erasers.
barter
Plantations
Why was Williamsburg a good choice for a capital city?
Williamsburg was already an established town.