Vocabulary
This term means buying something now and paying for it later.
What is credit?
Who made their living from the land as small farmers? (A few owned large farms or plantations).
Who are most white Virginians?
Very few people had paper money or coins to use to buy goods and services. The colonies had no banks. True or False?
This town was the first capital of Virginia?
What is Jamestown?
Which one of these names reflect the English culture? Richmond or Roanoke
What is Richmond?
Name the two regions where the English primarily settled.
What is the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) Region and the Piedmont Region?
This term means putting money away to spend at a later time.
What is savings?
What group of people worked tobacco, other crops, and livestock? (These people had no rights.)
Who are enslaved African Americans?
What was the second capital of Virginia after Jamestown?
What is Williamsburg?
Whenever people settle an area, they change the culture and landscape to reflect their beliefs, customs, and architecture. Examples of architecture that reflect different cultures include ...
What are barns, homes, and places of worship?(example...churches)
Name the two regions where the Africans primarily settled.
What is the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) Region and the Piedmont Region? (*They lived where the English did because they were not free and agriculture required a lot of labor)
This term means that a crop is grown to sell for money rather than for use by the growers.
Who were allowed to own their own businesses and property but were denied most rights?
Who are free African Americans?
The economy of the Virginia colony depended on ________ as the primary source of wealth.
List one of the three reasons why the capital was moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg.
1. The drinking water was contaminated by seepage of salt water.
2. Unhealthy living conditions caused diseases
3. Fire destroyed wooden and brick buildings at Jamestown.
When did England become Great Britain?
1600s, 1700s, 1800s, or 1900s
What is the 1700s?
Name the area where the Germans and the Scots-Irish primarily settled.
What is the Shenandoah Valley? (This is in the Valley and Ridge Region.)
This term means trading or exchanging of goods and services without the use of money
People living in colonial Virginia depended on three types of resources. Name these three resources.
What are natural, human, and capital resources?
Farmers and other consumers could also buy goods and services on credit. How would they pay their debt?
What is paying off their debts when their crops were harvested and sold.
Where was the capital moved to after Williamsburg?
(It is still Virginia's Capital today.)
What is Richmond?
Which of these names reflect the American Indian culture? Richmond or Roanoke
What is Roanoke?
Why did the Germans and Scots-Irish choose the Shenandoah Valley to settle in?
The Shenandoah Valley was along the migration route.
This term means a good or service owed to someone.
In the colonies, clothing was made from what three natural resources?
What is cotton, wool, and leather?
What form of exchange was commonly used in the Virginia colony...paying with coins and paper bills or bartering?
Name one of the three reasons why the capital was moved from Williamsburg to Richmond.
1. The population was moving westward.
2. Richmond was a more central location.
3. Moving to Richmond increased the distance from possible attack by the British from the sea.
The culture of colonial Virginia reflected the beliefs, customs, and architecture of what three groups of people?
What are Europeans, Africans, and American Indians?
Name the two terms needed to complete the following statement.
Migration and living in new areas caused people to ______ old customs to their new ___________.
What is adapt and environments?
Which one of our three resources would an enslaved African American be?
What is a human resource?
The successful cultivation of tobacco depended on what steady and inexpensive source of labor?
How long did slave labor last in the United States?
What is over 200 years?
The Virginia colony became dependent on what?
What is slave labor?
What region is known for its tobacco products today?
What is the Piedmont Region?