Chapter 5 Flashcards

1
Q

What was Virginias main cash crop

A

Tobacco

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2
Q

Who learned how to grow tobacco

A

John Rolfe

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3
Q

Where did tobacco sell well

A

London

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4
Q

A single crop it was said to be able to pay for a what

A

Virginia plantation.

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5
Q

Name the four colonies that were big on farming.

A

Virginia,Maryland, North Carolina, Georgia

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6
Q

Where were plantations commonly placed

A

Along rivers

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7
Q

Why did they plant along rivers.

A

The be able to transport the tobacco on oceangoing ships

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8
Q

What did they grow in South Carolina.

A

Rice and indigo

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9
Q

In the southern colonies the planters were in what class of people

A

Upper class

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10
Q

In the southern colonies the most commonly owned land was

A

Small farmland.

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11
Q

Some people settled on the ___________ the western edge of a settlement.

A

Frontier

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12
Q

Why did they buy land on the frontier

A

It was cheap land

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13
Q

Small farmers were in what class in the southern colonies

A

Middle class

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14
Q

Define homespun

A

Homemade

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15
Q

Coopers were what

This is just extra from class

A

Barrel makers

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16
Q

Hogsheads

A

Barrels

17
Q

In 1699 Williamsburg became the what if the Virginia colony.

A

The capital

18
Q

Eliza Lucas Pinckney was what

A

The first successful indigo crop

19
Q

Tobacco indigo and rice were __________________________ crops

A

Labor intensive

20
Q

Redemptioner

A

A person who sells their labor

21
Q

Indentured servant

A

Unfree workers.

22
Q

Most white settlers were what

A

Indentured servants

23
Q

In ______ a Dutch slave trader brought the first African slaves to the colony.

A

1619

24
Q

Triangle trade

A

A sea route that lets other countries trade

25
Q

Triangle trades goods were

A

Wood,iron,indigo,rice,rum,slaves, and molasses

26
Q

In 1630 three of four people died of what

A

Disease,starvation, native Americans.

27
Q

By the year ________ African slaves were very common

A

1700

28
Q

Slave codes

A

An agreement that says that you own the slave and his/her families till they die

29
Q

In 1609 the Powhatan declared war on the ______________

A

Settlers

30
Q

Opechancanough killed a total of how many settlers

A

847

31
Q

Bacons rebellion where a group of people mad at Lord ___________

A

Berkeley

32
Q

The Yamasee BorderWar was in the year _______

A

1715