Colonial Virginia Review

Which timeline shows the correct sequence of Virginia's state capital being moved throughout history?

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The following are reasons the capital was moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg EXCEPT --

• unhealthy living conditions caused diseases

• the livestock needed a different type of grass

• the drinking water was contaminated

• fire destroyed wooden and brick buildings

Trading beads for fur is an example of --

• barter

• saving

• debt

• credit

Many free African Americans owned their own businesses but were --

• able to have all their rights.

• denied the right to own property.

• not allowed to own property.

• denied most rights.

What belongs in the shaded part?

• Both could own their own property.

• Both were forced into slavery.

• Both made money growing crops.

• Both had limited rights.

What is a cash crop?

• A crop that is grown mainly for use by the grower.

• A specific crop that growers plant to use as medicine.

• A specific crop that growers are paid to grow.

• A crop grown primarily to make money.

The arrival of African men, women, and children helped --

• expand the cotton economy.

• expand the wheat economy.

• expand the tobacco economy.

• expand industries.

Look at the diagram above. What should replace the question mark?

• The Virginia Colony was successful because wheat became a cash crop.

• The Virginia Colony became dependent on slave labor, which lasted a long time.

• The Virginia Colony did NOT become dependent on slave labor.

• The Virginia Colony became dependent on labor provided by indentured servants.

Richmond is to English as Roanoke is to --

• American Indian

• Scots-Irish

• English

• German

Who settled primarily in the Shenandoah Valley, which was along the migration route?

• English and Africans

• Germans and Monacan

• Germans and Scots-Irish

• Cherokee and Powhatan