Vocabulary
What is buying goods and services and paying for it later?
Credit
This cash crop was used as money
Tobacco
What did most people in Colonial Virginia live in?
one-room house
These people were denied all their basic rights. Who are they?
Enslaved African Americans
Many of these people could not pay their debts until their crops were harvested and sold. Who are they?
farmers
What is a medium of exchange?
Money
Barter
Who were brought to the VA colony and enslaved to work on VA plantations?
African American, women and children
Words like moccasin and raccoon are from what culture?
American Indian
Where was most of the colony's tobacco crop sold?
England
The term used for paper bills and coins?
currency
Where did Virginia's primary source of wealth came from?
agriculture
DOUBLE JEOPARDY-What did the colonist use to make their clothes? (3 main items)
cotton (from plants), wool (from sheep), leather(from animal skins)
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! What were the 3 cultures that influenced the cultural landscape of Virginia?
1. European immigrants
2. American Indians
3. Africans
Where did the capital of Virginia move to after Jamestown?
Williamsburg
What is a goods and service OWED to someone?
debt
Where did most settlers get their food?
local produce and meats
How did most white Virginia's make their money?
Farming
Where did the name Roanoke come from? (what culture)
American Indian
TRIPLE JEOPARDY!!!! What were the 3 reasons the capital of Virginia was relocated from Jamestown to Williamsburg?
1. Drinking water was contaminated
2. Fire destroyed building in Jamestown
3. Williamsburg was already an established town
What is money put away to save or to spend at a LATER time?
Savings
Why did settlers have to barter and trade to buy goods and services?
There was no money or banks
What did the colony depend on for a long time?
slave labor
What caused people to adapt old customs to their new environment?
Migration and living in new areas
Where were the American Indians forced to go when settlers arrived in Jamestown?
Inland