SS Colonial Life

Which group of people was brought to the Virginia colony against its will?

• Scots-Irish
• women
• American Indians
• Africans

Contaminated water and dirty living conditions which caused diseases were reasons why ----

• many colonists returned to England
• the colonists moved the capital from Jamestown to Williamsburg
• colonists moved to the Chesapeake Bay
• the settlers moved farther north

A crop that is grown to sell for money is called a ____.

• cash crop
• dollar crop
• seasonal crop
• King's tax crop

Virginia's primary source of wealth came from ____.

• shipbuilding
• masonry
• agriculture
• industry

Both free and enslaved African Americans were denied ----

• basic rights

• housing

• the ability to marry

• buying goods on credit

What was the most profitable cash crop the Virginia colony sold to England?

• corn
• tobacco
• cotton
• potatoes

How did most white Virginians make their money?

• specializing in a trade

• importing African slaves

• farming

• as soldiers for the British arm

By the early 1700s, England had grown to become ----.

• Ireland
• Europe
• Scots-Irish
• Great Britain

In what region did the African workers primarily settle?

• Tidewater and Piedmont Regions

• Tidewater and Eastern Shore

• Appalachian Plateau and Piedmont

• Valley and Ridge and Blue Ridge Mountains

Colonial Virginia had no banks, and currency was scarce.  What did many colonists use a money?

• beads
• fur
• tobacco
• corn