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Colonial Virginia Created by Jori Cox, modification to some fonts by L. Blodgett
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The economy of Virginia depended primarily upon _______________. agriculture
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1619 – 1620 Many Changes 100 women arrive 1 st Africans arrive burgesses are elected
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The arrival of women made it possible for the settlers to establish __________. families This made Jamestown a more ___________ settlement. permanent
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The arrival of Africans made it possible to expand the __________ __________. tobacco economy
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The first Africans were ______________ ________________. Africans that came later were sold as ________. indentured servants slaves
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The Virginia Colony became dependent upon ______ labor and this dependence lasted a long time. slave
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elected councilburgessesgovernor The first _______ legislative body.
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By the 1640s, the burgesses became a separate lawmaking group called the _________ of ____________. House Burgesses
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It was the first _________ lawmaking body in America. It gave the colonists the opportunity to control their own ______________. elected government
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The House of Burgesses became known as the _________ __________ of Virginia, which continues to this day. General Assembly
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The capital was moved from __________ to _____________. Jamestown Williamsburg
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The capital was moved for several reasons: contaminated drinking water diseases fire destroyed buildings at Jamestown Williamsburg had a higher __________. elevation
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What three different cultures came together in the Virginia Colony? Native American, African, and European
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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
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Examples of cultural landscapes include: barns churches houses
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Place names also reflected different cultures:
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Few people used ______ to buy goods and services. money
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A system of trading for goods and services, called _________, was often used instead of money. bartering
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A farmer could use ________ to pay for goods or services. tobacco
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Farmers could buy goods on ________ and pay their debt when their crops were harvested. credit
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There were no ______ in Colonial Virginia. banks
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