Colonial VA and Revolutionary War

What is a cash crop?

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

• A crop grown primarily to make money.

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

• A specific crop that growers are paid to grow

How did most white Virginians make their living?

• farming

• specializing in trade

• importing African slaves

• as soldiers for the British army

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

• potatoes

• tobacco

• corn

• cotton

Which name shows the influence of American Indian culture?

• Yorktown

• Roanoke

• Richmond

In which areas were Africans and the English primarily settled?

• 2 and 3

• 1 and 3

• 3 and 4

• 2 and 4

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

• English and Africans

• Cherokee and Powhatan

• Germans and Scots-Irish

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

• the livestock needed a different type of grass

• fire destroyed wooden and brick buildings

• unhealthy living conditions caused diseases

• the drinking water was contaminated

Africans arriving in Jamestown + Tobacco Plantations = ?

• Tobacco becomes more expensive to grow.

• Tobacco becomes less desired among the colonists

• The colony grows less tobacco and makes less money.

• The colony grows more tobacco and makes more money.

A good or service owed to someone.

• money

• barter

• debt

• credit

Examples of architecture that reflect different cultures include.

• bridges, roads

• homes, churches

• shoes, coats

• wagons, horses