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Colonial Virginia
Colonial Life in Virginia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did the culture of Virginia reflect beliefs, customs and architecture of Europeans, Africans and American Indians? | They built places to live, places to work and places of worship. They built homes, barns and churches. |
| In what Virginia regions did the English settlers stay? | The English settled in Coastal Plain and Piedmont regions. |
| What is a cash crop? | This crop is grown to sell for money, not for use by the grower. Tobacco was the cash crop for Virginia.. |
| How did tobacco change the life in Virginia? (4 ways) | 1. Virginia became a big agricultural colony. 2. Tobacco was a source of income for the settlers. 3. In order to grow lots of tobacco many workers were needed. 4. Virginia became dependent on slave labor and that dependence lasted a long time. |
| Why was the capital moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg? (4 reasons) | In Jamestown: 1. drinking water was contaminated with the saltwater 2. dirty living conditions caused diseases 3. fire destroyed buildings In Williamsburg was at a higher elevation |
| What is barter? | the trading of goods and services without the use of money |
| What is credit? | the buying of a good or service now and paying for it later |
| What is money? | a medium of exchange that includes coins and bills (currency) |
| What is savings? | money put away to be used at a later time |
| What is debt? | goods or money owed to another person |
| What did people use instead of money to "buy" goods? | They bartered and they used tobacco |
| How did the farmers pay their debts? | They would "buy" goods on credit and pay when they sold their crops. |
| Did people use banks to save money? | There were NO banks in colonial Virginia. |
| Food in colonial Virginia | Food choices were limited. Meals were made of local produce and meats. |
| Housing in colonial Virginia | Most people lived in one-room houses with dirt floors. Some people (farmers) lived in large houses (plantations) |
| What is a plantation? | a large farm |
| What is the architectural landscape? | buildings people built (homes, barns and churches) usually based on culture |
| In what regions did the Africans stay? | The Africans settled in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont. |
| In what regions did the Scots-Irish stay? | The Scots-Irish settled in the Valley and Ridge region (Shenandoah Valley) |
| How did the names of places reflect the culture of the people? | Places were named by the people who settled there. examples: Roanoke is American Indian, Jamestown and Richmond are English. |
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