Colonial VA Study

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How did agriculture influence the idea of slavery in colonial Virginia?

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Virginia became dependent on slaves for many years

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Where did the Scots-Irish mostly settle when they arrived in the Virginia Colony? Options: near the Fall Line close to Richmond, the Great Dismal Swamp, Eastern Shore near the Chesapeake Bay, Shenandoah Valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains

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Shenandoah Valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains

Front

Pick the choice that does NOT show an example of ARCHITECTURE that reflects different cultures: garden, places of worship, barns, homes.

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garden

Front

The first group of people to live in what is now called Virginia are known as

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Native Americans

Front

Where did the English and African Americans mainly settle?

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1 and 2, 2 and 3, 3 and 4, 1 and 4, 1 and 3

Answer explanation

Please tell me you chose 3 and 4! The English got to Virginia first and claimed all the land from the coast (Coastal Plains) to the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was mostly the wealthy English who owned slaves so that's where the slaves lived too.

Front

Virginia's capital moved twice. In which direction did it move both times?

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south

Answer explanation

West!

Williamsburg is to the west of Jamestown and Richmond is to the west of Williamsburg.

Front

Robert needs a horse. His friend gives him a horse, but now Robert owes his friend a

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debt.

Front

Trading corn for beads is an example of

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barter