Cash Crops and Food
This crop was successfully grown as a cash crop in early Virginia and helped the colony survive.
Tobacco
The Powhatan chief’s daughter who is famous in Jamestown stories.
Pocahontas
The first successful English colony town in Virginia.
Jamestown
A person who sold goods in town markets and shops.
Merchant
Pants that stopped below the knee, commonly worn by men
Breeches
Colonists typically ate this hot breakfast grain
Porridge
The leader who first ran Jamestown and was captured by the Powhatan chief.
John Smith
The earlier English colony that mysteriously disappeared.
Roanoke
A skilled worker who made and repaired iron tools, nails, and hinges
Blacksmith
Women wore these undergarments to improve posture and shape their clothing
Stays
One of the most important native crops that colonists also grew and ate
Corn
The man who married Pocahontas and helped establish a profitable tobacco crop
John Rolfe
This town served as Virginia’s capital in the 1700s and was once called Middle Plantation.
Williamsburg
This was a common public place where colonists ate, talked, and held meetings
Tavern
This person alters, constructs, and repairs custom clothing
Tailor
A place where colonists came together to eat
Tavern
The monarch who granted the charter and gave his name to Jamestown.
King James I
Large farms in the South where cash crops were grown and many people lived and worked.
Plantations
A city worker who uses specific skills (like a shoemaker or carpenter) rather than farming.
Tradesman
A piece of clothing people might wear during cold months or at work to stay warm and modest.
Jacket or cloak
1610 at Jamestown when food was scarce
Starving period
The founder of Georgia who wanted a new start for debtors and a buffer from Spanish Florida.
James Oglethorpe
The region where many of the first 13 colonies were claimed by this European country.
England
Young boys learned from a master in this system to become skilled workers
Apprenticeship
Both men and women often wore these to cover their lower legs
Stockings