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| A crop that is grown to sell for money rather than for use by the growers |
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| What effect did agriculture have on the Virginia colony? |
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The economy of the Virginia colony depended on agriculture as the primary source of wealth.
Tobacco became the most profitable agricultural product. |
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Where did the colonists sell their tobacco? |
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How did agriculture in the Virginia colony influence the institution of slavery? |
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| The successful cultivation of tobacco depended on a steady and inexpensive source of labor. |
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| What group was brought to the colonies of Virginia to perform labor? |
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| African men, women, and children were brought to the Virginia colony and enslaved to work on the plantations. The Virginia colony became dependent on slave labor, and this dependence lasted a long time. |
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| How did the culture of colonial Virginia reflect beliefs, customs, and architecture of Europeans, Africans, and American Indians? |
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Whenever people settle an area, they change the culture and landscape to reflect their beliefs, customs, and architecture. Examples of architecture that reflect different cultures include barns homes places of worship (e.g., churches).
These were all types of buildings they had used in England. |
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Place names reflecting culture:
What culture influenced the naming of
Richmond? |
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Place names reflecting culture:
What culture influenced the naming of Roanoke? |
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Settlement Areas:
Where did the English and other Europeans primarily (mostly) settle? |
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| primarily in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) and the Piedmont regions. |
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Settlement:
Where did the Germans and Scots-Irish settle? |
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| primarily in the Shenandoah Valley, which was along the migration route. |
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| Where did the Africans primarily settle? |
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| Africans were settled primarily in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) and the Piedmont regions, where tobacco agriculture required a great deal of labor. |
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| Where were the Indians settled before the settlers came? |
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| Prior to the arrival of the settlers, American Indians lived throughout Virginia. |
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| Where were the Indians settled after the colonists came? |
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| After the settlers arrived, most Indians were forced inland. |
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| What did migration and living in new areas cause people to do with their old customs and traditions? |
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| Migration and living in new areas caused people to adapt old customs to their new environments. |
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| What were some reasons why Virginia’s capital was moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg? |
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from Jamestown to Williamsburg Drinking water was contaminated by seepage of salt water.
Unhealthy living conditions caused diseases.
Fire destroyed wooden and brick buildings at Jamestown. |
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| What were some reasons why Virginia’s capital was moved from Williamsburg to Richmond? |
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The population was moving westward.
Richmond was a more central location.
Moving to Richmond increased the distance from the sea and possible attack by the British. |
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| A medium of exchange (currency, which includes coins and paper bills) |
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| Trading or exchanging of goods and services without the use of money |
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| Buying a good or service now and paying for it later |
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| A good or service owed to someone |
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| Money put away to save or to spend at a later time |
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| Did Colonial Virginia have banks? |
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Few people had paper money or coins to use to buy goods and services.
How did the colonists use barter to buy things? |
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| Barter was commonly used instead of money. |
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| How did the colonists buy things with Tobacco? |
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| Tobacco was used as money. A tobacco farmer could use his tobacco to pay for goods and services. |
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| How did the colonists use Credit? |
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| Farmers and other consumers could also buy goods and services on credit and pay their debts when their crops were harvested and sold. |
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| How did resources influence food, housing, and clothing in colonial Virginia? |
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| People living in colonial Virginia depended on natural, human, and capital resources to produce the goods and services they needed. |
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| Describe the food of colonial Virginia? |
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Food Food choices were limited.
Meals were made of local produce and meats. |
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| Describe the housing of Colonial Virginia. |
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Housing Most people lived in one-room houses with dirt floors.
Some people (farmers) lived in large houses. |
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| Describe the clothing of Virginia Colonists. |
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Clothing Households made their own clothes.
Most clothing was made of cotton, wool, and/or leather |
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| Describe the everyday life of most white Virginians living in the colonies. |
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| Most white Virginians made their living from the land as small farmers. A few owned large farms (plantations). |
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| Describe the everyday life of enslaved African Americans living in the colonies. |
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| Most enslaved African Americans worked tobacco, other crops, and livestock. Enslaved African Americans had no rights. |
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| Describe the everyday life of free African Americans living in the colonies. |
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| Many free African Americans owned their own businesses and property but were denied most rights. |
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