Colonial Life Lesson 5: Cultural Landscapes

Cultural Landscapes

The culture of colonial Virginia reflected the beliefs, customs, and architecture of the American Indians who lived there, the Europeans who immigrated there, and the Africans who were brought there against their will and forced into slavery

​What is the same about these two homes?

​What is different about these two homes?

The people of colonial Virginia made choices about their homes that reflected their cultures. 

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They made these choices based on their economic and political status and the natural resources available to them.

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Multiple Choice

Colonists made choices about their homes based on all of the following, EXCEPT..?

• the King

• economic ($$)

• political

• natural resources

When we look at the structures people built and inhabited, we learn more and uncover more questions about their cultures and lives.

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