Used instead of money in colonial times (the item)
What is tobacco?
100
Name the three things colonial people made their clothing from
What are cotton, wool and leather?
100
The economy of colonial Virginia was dependent on
What is agriculture?
100
Name the three capitals Virginia has had
What are Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Richmond?
200
Which immigrants settled in the Shenandoah Valley
Who are the Germans and Scots-Irish?
200
The number of banks Virginia had in colonial times
What is zero?
200
White people in colonial Virginia mainly made their living as this
What are small farmers?
200
Describe the daily life of an enslaved African
What is grown tobacco, other crops, and tend livestock
200
After Williamsburg, the capital moved here
What is Richmond?
300
The Africans were brought to Virginia because of this reason
What is working the English tobacco fields - slave labor?
300
Buying a good or service now and paying for it later
What is credit?
300
Choices for colonial meals were limited therefore, colonists ate
What are local produce and meats?
300
Became the most profitable agricultural product
What is tobacco?
300
Name the three reasons why the capital moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg
What are:
1) Drinking water was contaminated by seepage of salt water
2) Unhealthy living conditions caused disease
3)Fire destroyed wooden and brick buildings at Jamestown
400
Language is affected by culture. Name one place in Virginia that represents English culture and one place that represents American Indian culture.
What are Richmond and Roanoke?
400
a medium of exchange such as coins or paper
What is money?
400
Most people in colonial times lived in this type of housing.
What are one-room homes with dirt floors?
400
The Virginia colony became dependent on ______ to create successful plantations.
What is slave labor?
400
Name the three reasons why the capital moved from Williamsburg to Richmond?
What are
1) Population was moving westward
2) Richmond was a more central location
3) Moving to Richmond increased the distance from attack by the British
500
The people who leave one country and settle in another for a fresh start are known as
What are immigrants?
500
"I will give you two bussels of tobacco if you plow my field" This is an example of
What is bartering?
500
Enslaved African Americans and free African Americans were similar in this way during colonial Virginia.
What is they were both denied rights?
500
Definition of a cash crop
What is a crop that is grown to sell for money rather than for use by the growers?