AGRICULTURE & SLAVERY
CULTURE OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA
THE CAPITAL MOVES
COLONIAL ECONOMICS
LIFE IN COLONIAL VIRGINIA
100
The most profitable cash crop the Virginia colony sold to England
What is tobacco?
100
Richmond and Jamestown are place names reflecting this culture
What is the English?
100
Drinking water was contaminated by seepage of salt water
Where is Williamsburg?
100
Trading/exchanging of goods and services without the use of money
What is barter?
100
Barrel, ship, hammer, rifle
What are capital resources?
200
A crop that is grown to sell for money rather than for use by the growers
What is cash crop?
200
Roanoke and Poquoson are place names reflecting this culture
What is the American Indian?
200
The population was moving westward
Where is Richmond?
200
A medium of exchange including coins and paper bills
What is money?
200
Households made their own clothes made of these
What are cotton, wool, and leather?
300
The economy of the Virginia Colony depended on this as a primary source of wealth
What is agriculture?
300
After the settlers arrived, this group of people were forced to move inland
Who are American Indians?
300
A more central location
Where is Richmond?
300
Money put away to keep or to spend at a later time
What is savings?
300
Baker, fisherman, farmer, blacksmith
What are human resources?
400
The successful planting of tobacco depended on a steady and inexpensive source of labor.
Who are African Americans?
400
The area where the Germans and Scots-Irish primarily settled
What is Shenandoah Valley?
400
Unhealthy living conditions caused diseases
Where is Williamsburg?
400
Buying a good or service now and paying for it later
What is credit?
400
Worked tobacco crops and livestock, and had no rights
Who is an enslaved African American?
500
The Africans and the English settled in these areas because the land was good for farming.
What are Piedmont and Coastal Plain?
500
Examples of architecture that reflect different cultures
What are barns, homes, and places of worship?
500
Fire destroyed wooden and brick buildings
Where is Williamsburg?
500
A good or service owed to another
What is debt?
500
Owned their own business and property, but were denied most rights
Who is a free African American?
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