Colonial VA
What was the first permanent English settlement in Virginia?
Jamestown
Colonists who supported independence from Britain were called what?
Patriots
Who provided spy information to help the Continental Army?
James Armistead Lafayette
Trading goods without using money is called what?
Barter
What document says all people are created equal?
Declaration of Independence
What problem made Jamestown’s drinking water unsafe?
Contaminated water
What does “taxation without representation” mean?
Being taxed without a voice in Parliament
Which group was forced inland after settlers arrived?
Indigenous people
What is a cash crop?
A crop grown to make money
What was the first representative legislative body in English America?
Virginia General Assembly
What was the effect of the fire in 1698 that destroyed much of Jamestown?
The capital was moved to Williamsburg
Which battle ended with British surrender and helped end the war?
Battle of Yorktown
Who worked for several years under a contract and sometimes earned land?
Indentured servants
What cash crop made Virginia wealthy?
Tobacco
Name the order of Virginia's capitals correctly
Jamestown → Williamsburg → Richmond
Which group’s arrival helped Jamestown become more permanent by creating families?
Additional women
What treaty officially ended the American Revolutionary War?
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Who was brought to Virginia against their will and forced to work for life?
Enslaved people (Africans)
Owing money after borrowing it is called what?
Debt
Why was Richmond chosen as the new capital?
More central location and safer from attack
What three problems caused many early settlers to die?
Starvation, disease, and lack of survival skills
Who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army?
George Washington
Which region did the Germans and Scots-Irish mostly settle?
Valley and Ridge
Why did agriculture increase slavery in Virginia?
The colony depended on enslaved labor for many years
Why were race-based enslavement laws created?
To treat people differently based on skin color and ancestry