settlers
A crop that is grown to sell for money and not used by the growers is called a
cash crop
What facors influenced the move of the colonial capital from Jamestown to Williamsburg?
Jamestown had contaminated water.
There were unhealthy living conditions in Jamestown.
Williamsburg had deep harbors for docking ships.
Jamestown was burned by fire.
Jamestown the the _____capital
first
A colonist in Virginia needs to buy supplies. What are the three different ways he can purchase what he needs?
Use his tobacco crop money
Pay for the supplies after his crops are harvested and sold
Barter crops for the supplies
A farmer in colonial Virginia needs new tools to work on his farm, but he doesn't have any money until his tobacco crop is harvested. What is the BEST way he might get the tools?
Use credit and promise to pay after the harvest.
Why didn't the colonists use money very often?
Currency was hard to get in the colony
What was one key difference between ind serv and ens peop in col VA
Ind serv worked fo ra set number of years, ens people were forced to work for life.
Imagine you are a young person living in col VA You hear that someone is working on a farm to pay off a debt and will be free in a few years. What kind of worker are they MOST likely to be?
Indentured servant
The VA colony turend to _to make money and expand their resources.
Enslaved labor
What became the most profitable agricul prod in VA
Tobacco a plant with leaves, wide leaves
A child is born in col VA to enslaved parents. According to race based laws, what is MOST likely to happen to the child?
The child will be enslaved for life.
How did agriculture in the VA col influence the inst of slavery
the col became dependent on slave labor for more thant 200 years until the end of the Civil War.
__were brought primarily to the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) and Piedmont regions to work in tobacco fields, which required a great deal of labor.
Africans
A woman settles in the SHENANDOAH valley to join her kinsmen. What country does she most likely come from???
A Scots Irish woman.
Fire destroyed wooden buildings
Drinkng water was contaminated by seepage of saltwater
Unhealthy living conditions in Jamestown caused diseases
What did all of this cause???
The capital was moved to Williamsburg from Jamestown.
What impact did enslavement laws passed in Virginia during the late 1600's have??
Made slavery based on race and family history.
Which statement describes how different cultural groups brought and shared their beliefs, customs, and cultures in colonial Virginia??
A new family from Germany moves to colonial Virginia and builds a house using a style from their homeland.
What do Virginia's laws on race-based slavery explain about the treatment of people in the colony?
They show how people were treated unfairly because of their skin color.