Economy & Resources
What did the Virginia colony depend on as a primary source of wealth?
Agriculture
What was the most profitable crop grown in the colony?
Tobacco
Which group settled in the Tidewater and Piedmont regions?
English
What does it mean when people move to new areas?
Migration
What was colonial food like?
Food choices were limited
Made of local produce and meats
What system was commonly used instead of money
Barter (trading)
What is a crop grown to sell for money rather than to use by the farmer?
Cash crop
Which groups settled in the Shenandoah Valley, on the migration route?
Germans and Scotch-Irish
What 3 cultures did Virginia reflect?
Native American
African
European
What were colonial homes like?
Most people lived in one-room houses with dirt floors. Some wealthy people lived in large houses.
Coins and paper bills are known as what?
Money/currency
Who was brought to the colony to work as dependable and an inexpensive source of labor?
Africans
6. Landscape is changed when people move to a new area. Name 3 changes that are reflected in the landscape.
Architecture
Beliefs
Customs
List 3 reasons the capital of Virginia was moved from Williamsburg to Richmond
1. Population was moving westward
2. Central location was better for trade
3. Protected from English attack
Colonial clothing was made from what 3 things?
1. Wool
2. Cotton
3. Leather
What does it mean to buy something now and pay for it later?
Credit
What group settled in the Tidewater and Piedmont regions because their labor was needed to help with the tobacco fields?
Africans
Native American culture is reflected in the name of this Virginia city.
Roanoke
List 4 reasons the capital of Virginia was moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg
1. Drinking water contaminated
2. Dirty living conditions caused disease
3. Fire destroyed buildings
4. Williamsburg was an established town
Who made clothes for family members?
Women
Money put away to save or spend later is_____________.
Savings
What agricultural crop was used as money?
Tobacco
English culture is reflected in the name of this Virginia city.
Richmond
Before the arrival of the English, Native Americans lived _________________ . After the settlers arrived, most Native Americans were
Throughout Virginia
Forced inland
Enslaved African Americans were denied _________________.
Basic rights