Virginia Colony
What was the first capital of the Virginia colony?
Jamestown
The primary source of wealth in the Virginia colony was what crop?
Tobacco
Barns, homes, and places of worship
What does the term barter mean?
To trade or exchange a good or service
The capital of Virginia was moved from Jamestown to where?
Williamsburg
What is the name of a crop that is grown to sell for money rather than for use by the growers?
Cash Crop
The town of Richmond reflects what kind of culture?
English
What is buying a good or service now and paying for it later?
Credit
What type of house was most common in the Virginia colony?
small, one-room houses with dirt floors
Salty water
Diseases
Fire destroyed buildings
Established town
The economy of the Virginia colony was dependent on what?
Agriculture
What group of people lived in the Shenandoah Valley?
Germans and Scots-Irish
What is the definition of debt?
A good or service owed to another person
What kind of resource is a good found in nature?
Natural resource
How did most white men make their living in colonial Virginia?
Merchants, lawyers, and planters
What group of people was forcibly brought to the Virginia colony to work on the plantations?
African men, women, and children
What two regions did the English, Europeans, and Africans settle in?
Piedmont and Coastal Plain
Why was barter usually used in the Virginia colony instead of money?
Barter was usually used because few people had paper money or coins to buy what they wanted.
What three types of material was used to make clothing in colonial Virginia?
Cotton, wool, and/or leather
How many banks were in the Virginia colony?
Zero
The popularity of tobacco in Virginia created a need for what?
slave labor to work the tobacco crops
What is culture?
The customs, style, and interactions of a group of people
Sarah wanted to buy a quilt from Rebecca, but she didn't have any money. She offered to pay Rebecca 3 chickens the next day if she could have the quilt now. What is this an example of?
Buying something on credit
Some free Africans in the Virginia colony owned land but were denied ________ .
Basic rights