Farming +1 Random
Where did our capital move to?
Williamsburg
Which type of workers worked for a set number of years to gain freedom?
indentured servants
What is it called when you put money to the side to use for something later?
savings
Which two cultural groups lived in the Coastal Plain/Piedmont regions of Virginia?
English and Africans
What is a crop that is grown to sell for money?
cash crop
Which group of workers were forced to work for life without freedom?
enslaved people
What is it called to trade by exchanging goods/services for other goods/services?
Bartering
Which two cultural groups lived in the Shenandoah Valley?
Germans and Scots-Irish
What was Virginia's main cash crop?
Tobacco
True or false?
Everyone in Virginia experienced the same opportunities and freedoms.
If it is false, what is the truth?
False.
Not everyone got to have the same opportunities or freedoms.
For 200 bonus points, list ONE difference between any two groups of people:
English
Native Americans
Indentured servants
Enslaved Peoples
What is it called when you owe someone money, and know that you must pay them back by a certain date?
credit
True or False?
The Africans were forced away from their homeland in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont region, which made them spread out around the state of the Virginia and start new lives.
If this is false, what is the truth?
False
The Indigenous Peoples were forced away from their homelands.
What kind of resources did the colonists use to make the goods they needed?
natural resources
race-based
Why did many farmers use credit as a form of payment?
They would have to wait for their crops to grow and be harvested (picked) to pay for things.
By the 1700s, Virginia's population was very diverse. What does this mean?
There were multiple types of groups living here.
List one positive thing and one negative thing about tobacco.
Positive: the colonists could sell it or trade it for money or other goods
Negative: it was a cause of enslavement
What were the THREE main reasons we moved our capital to Williamsburg?
1. Fire destroyed the buildings
2. The drinking water was contaminated
3. Living conditions were unhealthy
Give an example of how people in colonial Virginia (not someone from today) would have bartered.
Answers may vary - teacher will decide.
(no money involved. goods/services involved in answer must be a reasonable good/service from colonial times)
List ALL 5 cultural groups that lived in colonial Virginia.
English
Germans
Scots-Irish
Indigenous Peoples
Africans