Colonial Economy
Coins were rare. There were no what in Virginia to hold/manage money?
Banks
These people introduced corn and farming methods to the colonist.
Native Americans
These people would work 4–7 years and were later free.
Indentured Servants
Jamestown had bad water and what else that made it not a great place to live?
Disease, fires, and wasn’t central.
In the beginning, what kind of homes did most colonist live in?
One room homes with a dirt floor.
People used this to trade
barter
These people brought log cabins, music, and farming.
Germans and Scot-Irish
These people were treated like property and worked for life with no freedom.
Enslaved people
Williamsburg had what three things that was good?
Clean water, high ground, and better location.
Who made items like candles and wigs to sell?
Colonial Women
This cash crop was used like money.
Tobacco
These people brought foods, farming skills, music, and stories.
Africans
Servants came by choice. Enslaved people came by force.
Who was Williamsburg named after?
King William III
What is a plantation?
A large farm that only grows one crop.
Colonist often had what when crops failed?
Debt
These people brought language, laws and religion.
The Europeans.
What made slavery grow?
It was passed on to their children.
What made the water in Jamestown contaminated?
What did people use for clothing?
Grew cotton and used sheep wool.
Tobacco used up the soil, so planters kept moving west, causing conflicts with
Native Americans
What year were the first Africans brought against their will to Virginia?
1619
T/F slavery was a race-based system.
The current capital in Virginia is?
Richmond
What year was Jamestown founded?
1607