Jamestown
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- What is a good or service owed to another?
- Debt
- In what regions did the English settle?
- Coastal Plain and Piedmont
- What effect did the sucess of tobacco have on the people from Africa?
- Large numbers of the people were brought to Virginia against their will and forced to work as slaves.
- What is the trading of goods and services without the use of money?
- Barter
- Why did the African-Americans settle primarily in the Coastal Plain and Tidewater regions?
- The regions were used for agriculture, requiring a great deal of labor.
- In what area of Virginia did the Scotch-Irish and Germans settle?
- Shenandoah Valley
- What is money?
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A medium of exchange
( currency, which include coins and paper bills.) - What is buying a good or service now and paying for it later?
- Debt
- What is a burgess?
- A citizen representative chosen to serve in the General Assembly
- Why was the capital moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg?
- Jamestown had burned twice; Williamsburg was at a higher elevation(not swampy)
- What are natural resources?
- Air, water, soil, wood, coal sun
- What is the name of the first elected legislative body in the colony and in North America?
- The Virginia House of Burgesses
- What is a cash crop?
- A crop that is grown to sell for money rather than for use by the growers
- What form of exchange for goods was used in the colony?
- Barter
- What are capital resources?
- Goods made by people and used to to produce other goods and services
- What is a consumer?
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A person who uses goods and services