Colonial VA Study

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

• slavery had nothing to do with agriculture

• Virginia became dependent on slaves for many years

• slavery lasted for a few years, then slaves were not wanted anymore

• agriculture meant the end of slavery

Draw the most profitable plant grown in the Virginia colony?

Answer explanation

Hopefully, you drew the 'cash crop' called tobacco!

Where did the Scots-Irish mostly settle when the arrived in the Virginia Colony?

• near the Fall Line close to Richmond

• the Great Dismal Swamp

• Eastern Shore near the Chesapeake Bay

• Shenandoah Valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains

Pick the choice that does NOT show an example of ARCHITECTURE that reflects different cultures.

• garden

• places of worship

• barns

• homes

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

• African Americans

• Scots-Irish Americans

• English Americans

• Native Americans

Where did the English and African Americans mainly settle?

• 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.

Draw the type of home that most Virginians lived in.

Answer explanation

I hope you added the dirt floor! Most Virginians lived in one-room houses and got by as best they could.

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

• north

• south

• east

• west

Answer explanation

West!

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

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

Trading corn for beads is an example of

• barter

• credit

• debt

• savings