Colonial Virginia

1. ColonialVirginia Created by Jori Cox, modification to some fonts by L. Blodgett

2. The economy of Virginia depended primarily upon _______________. agriculture

3. 1619 – 1620 Many Changes 100 women arrive 1st Africans arrive burgesses are elected

4. The arrival of women made it possible for the settlers to establish __________. families This made Jamestown a more ___________ settlement. permanent

5. The arrival of Africans made it possible to expand the __________ __________. tobacco economy

6. indentured servants The first Africans were ______________ ________________. Africans that came later were sold as ________. slaves

7. The Virginia Colony became dependent upon ______ labor and this dependence lasted a long time. slave

8. council governor burgesses The first _______ legislative body. Virginia Assembly elected

9. By the 1640s, the burgesses became a separate lawmaking group called the _________ of ____________. House Burgesses

10. House of Burgesses • It was the first _________ lawmaking body in America. • It gave the colonists the opportunity to control their own ______________. elected government

11. The House of Burgesses became known as the _________ __________ of Virginia, which continues to this day. General Assembly

12. The capital was moved from __________ to _____________. Jamestown Williamsburg

13. The capital was moved for several reasons: contaminated drinking water diseases fire destroyed buildings at Jamestown Williamsburg had a higher __________. elevation

14. What three different cultures came together in the Virginia Colony? Native American, African, and European

15. People from many different cultures lived in Colonial Virginia: English Africans Tidewater and Piedmont: _______ and ________. Germans Scotch-Irish Shenandoah Valley: ________ and _____________. Tidewater, Piedmont, & Appalachian Plateau: _________ _________ American Indians

16. Examples of culturallandscapes include: houses barns churches

17. Place names also reflected different cultures: Richmond: English Roanoke: American Indian

18. Few people used ______ to buy goods and services. money

19. A system of trading for goods and services, called _________, was often used instead of money. bartering

20. A farmer could use ________ to pay for goods or services. tobacco

21. Farmers could buy goods on ________ and pay their debt when their crops were harvested. credit

22. There were no ______ in Colonial Virginia. banks