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What is a cash crop? |
A crop that is grown to sell for money rather than for use by the growers. |
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What did the Virginia colony depend on for wealth? |
Agriculture |
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What is agriculture? |
The growing of crops and livestock. |
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What was the most profitable agricultural product? |
Tobacco |
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Where was tobacco sold? |
England |
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What was Virginia's cash crop? |
Tobacco |
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What was necessary for the successful planting of tobacco? |
A reliable and inexpensive source of labor. |
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How did the colony provide all the labor that was needed to grow tobacco? |
Large numbers of Africans were brought to the colony against their will to work as slaves on the plantations. |
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What did the Virginia colony's economy depend upon for a long time? |
Slave labor |
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What is a landscape? |
The countryside |
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What is a cultural landscape? |
Whenever people settle an area, they change the landscape to reflect the beliefs, customs, and architecture of their culture. |
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What are three examples of a cultural landscape? |
- Barns - Homes - Churches |
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What culture does the name of the city Richmond reflect? |
English |
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What culture does the name of the city Roanoke reflect? |
American Indian |
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Where did the English primarily settle? |
Coastal Plain (Tidewater) and Piedmont |
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Where did the Germans and the Scotch-Irish mainly settle? |
The Shenandoah Valley along the migration route. |
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The Shenandoah Valley is part of what route? |
Migration route |
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Where did the African mainly settle? |
Coastal Plain (Tidewater)and Piedmont |
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Why did the Africans mainly settle in the Tidewater and Piedmont regions? |
Because the agriculture there required a great deal of labor. |
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Where were the American Indians mainly located? |
Prior to the arrival of the settlers, they lived throughout Virginia. After the arrival of settlers most American Indians were forced inland. |
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What is migration? |
Moving from one country or region to another. |
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What did the people have to do when they migrated to a new area? |
They had to adapt their old customs to their new environment. |
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What cultures did the colony of Virginia reflect? |
American Indian, European, African |
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Why did they move Virginia's capital from Jamestown to Williamsburg? |
- Drinking water was contaminated by seepage of saltwater - Unhealthy living conditions were causing disease - Williamsburg is at a higher elevation - Wooden buildings in Jamestown burned |
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Why did they move Virginia's capital from Williamsburg to Richmond? |
- The population was moving westward - Richmond was a more central location - It was a better location for trade - It increased the distance from the sea and possible attack by the English |
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What is money? |
A medium of exchange (currency, which includes coins and paper bills). |
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What is barter? |
Trading/exchanging of goods and services with out the use of money. |
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What is credit? |
Buying a good or service now and paying for it later. |
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What is debt? |
A good or service owed to another. |
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What is saving? |
Money put away to save or to spend at a later time. |
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What was used instead of money to purchase goods and services? |
Barter |
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Did people have much currency or coins? |
No |
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What was commonly used to barter? |
Tobacco |
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What did farmers use to purchase good or services? |
Credit |
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What did the farmers pat off their credit with? |
Their crops |
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Did colonial Virginia have banks? |
No |
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What resources did people living in colonial Virginia depend on to produce the goods and services they needed? |
Natural, human, and capital resources |
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What was food like in colonial Virginia? |
- Food choices were limited - Meals were made of local produce and meats. |
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What were the homes like in colonial Virginia? |
- Most people lived in one-room houses with dirt floors. - Some people (farmers) lived in large houses. |
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What were clothes like in colonial Virginia? |
- Households made their own clothes. - Most clothing was make of cotton, wool and/leather. |
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What was everyday life in colonial Virginia like for white Americans? |
Most white Virginians made their living from the land as small farmers. A few owned large farms (plantations). |
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What was everyday life in colonial Virginia like for enslaved African Americans? |
Most enslaved African Americans worked tobacco, other crops, and livestock. Enslaved African Americans had no rights. |
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What was everyday life in colonial Virginia like for free African Americans? |
Many free African Americans owned their own businesses and property but were denied most rights. |
