Colonial Virginia Created by Jori Cox, modification to some fonts by L. Blodgett

The economy of Virginia depended primarily upon _______________. agriculture

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

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

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

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

elected councilburgessesgovernor The first _______ legislative body.

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

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

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

The capital was moved from __________ to _____________. Jamestown Williamsburg

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

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

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

Examples of cultural landscapes include: barns churches houses

Place names also reflected different cultures:

Few people used ______ to buy goods and services. money

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

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

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

There were no ______ in Colonial Virginia. banks