Agriculture & Tobacco
Main source of wealth in Virginia
Agriculture
First people of Virginia
American Indians
Region English settled
Coastal Plain & Piedmont
Trading without money
Barter
Original capital
Jamestown
Cause: Tobacco became popular → Effect:
Colonists grew more tobacco
Most profitable crop
Tobacco
Main European group
English
Region Germans settled
Valley & Ridge (The Great Valley)
Buy now pay later
Credit
New Capital after Jamestown
Williamsburg
Cause: Need more labor → Effect:
Increase in Slavery
Crop grown to sell
Cash crop
Other European groups
Germans & Scots-Irish
Most white Virginians were
Farmers
Tobacco used as this
Money
Year the Capital moved
1699
Cause: No banks → Effect:
People Bartered
Country tobacco was sold to
England
What groups shared
Traditions customs
Most homes had this many rooms
One room
What colony did not have financially
Banks
Why did the Capital move to Williamsburg?
Fire & Contaminated Water
Cause: Bad water and disease → Problem:
Capital moved to Williamsburg
Labor needed for tobacco
Famers looked for cheap labor
Buildings show this
Culture
What happened to Indigenious People
Forced inland
Money owed is called -
Debt
Why did the Capital move to Richmond later?
Cause: More settlers arrived → Effect:
People moved westward and the colony became more diverse