Agriculture and Enslavement
What is a cash crop?
A crop grown for profit (money) rather than for use by the grower
What is credit?
Buying a good or service now and paying for it later
What is culture?
What are three reasons why Virginia's capital was relocated from Jamestown to Williamsburg?
Unhealthy living conditions
Fires destroyed homes and buildings
Contaminated drinking water
What is a plantation?
A large farm that grows one major cash crop, such as tobacco or cotton
What is debt?
A good, service, or amount of money owed to someone else
How did Indigenous People influence the culture of the Virginia colony?
Algonquian words were added to English vocabulary.
Why was Williamsburg chosen for Virginia's new capital?
Williamsburg was an established town with healthier living conditions located on higher, less swampy ground.
What crop was the most profitable in the Virginia Colony economy?
Tobacco
What is barter?
Trading or exchanging goods and services without the use of money
What two crops were brought to the Virginia colony by the Africans?
Peanuts and rice
Describe the difference between enslaved people and indentured servants.
Enslaved people - Africans who were forced to work for no pay with almost no chance of being free and who were "owned" as property
Indentured servants - Europeans who wanted new opportunities for a better life and agreed to work for 5-7 years and then were freed
Why did farmers often pay with credit in colonial Virginia?
They had to wait for their crops to grow and be harvested before they could pay.
How did Scotch-Irish immigrants influence the culture of the Virginia colony?
Introduced clog dancing, fiddlers, and folk music
What was an effect of the success of tobacco as a cash crop in the Virginia colony?
Africans were transported, sold, and forced to work in tobacco fields.
Colonial officials wrote laws to establish race-based, lifelong enslavement.
Colonial Virginia had no banks, and currency was often not available. What became common for colonists to use instead of money when exchanging goods and services?
Tobacco
How did German immigrants influence the culture of the Virginia colony?
Changed architecture by building homes using stone instead of wood