Cultural Landscape
What two cultural groups lived in the Coastal Plains region?
English and Africans
Define barter
The exchange of goods or services without the use of money; trade
What did most Virginians do to earn money?
Worked small farms
What did most white Virginians do for work?
Owned small farms
Where was the capital moved when it burned down?
What two cultural groups lived in the Piedmont region?
English and Africans
Define debt
A good or service owed to someone
A large farm owned by wealthy white Virginians, where they grew cash crops, is called a _______________.
Plantation
As tobacco became more successful, plantation owners needed more __________.
labor.
What are the three examples of cultural landscape in colonial Virginia?
Barns, homes, and places of worship
What two cultural groups lived in the Valley and Ridge region?
Germans and Scots-Irish
Define money
A medium of exchange or currency, using paper bills or coins
What was Virginia's main cash crop?
Tobacco
Which group of people performed labor against their will?
Enslaved Africans
Where was Virginia's first capital?
Jamestown
Where did American Indians live?
All regions
Define savings
Money put away to spend or use at a later time
The laws passed in the General Assembly between 1660 and 1680 did what?
Separated the rights of white colonists from enslaved Africans.
Which group of people signed contracts to work for a set amount of years, then receive their freedom?
Indentured servants
There were 2 major cities in Virginia: Richmond and Roanoke. Which one has an English name, and which one has an American Indian name?
Richmond-English
Roanoke-American Indian
Why did the Africans and the English settle in the same regions?
Because the majority of Africans were enslaved to Englishmen.
Define credit
Buying a good or service now, and paying for it later
Why did colonial Virginians not use money?
AND
What did they use instead?
There were no banks.
They used tobacco
How did the arrival of more settlers change the location of indigenous people?
They were forced inland.
What are the 4 reasons the capital moved to Williamsburg?
1. Drinking water in Jamestown was contaminated
2. Unhealthy living conditions in Jamestown caused disease
3. Fire destroyed Jamestown's wooden buildings
4. Williamsburg was already an established town