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Colonial Virginia

Colonial Virginia. The economy of Virginia depended primarily upon _______________. agriculture. 1619 – 1620 Many Changes. 100 women arrive. 1 st Africans arrive. burgesses are elected. The arrival of women made it possible for the settlers to establish __________. families.

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Colonial Virginia

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  1. Colonial Virginia

  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

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