1619

1) Africans arrive in Jamestown

and allowed the colony to expand

the tobacco economy

2) House of Burgesses (General

Assembly) met for the first time

1620

Bride Ship arrived in Jamestown

Single women sent to marry and

begin families

Made it possible to establish a

more permanent settlement

slaves

1.Africans that were captured by

sailors from Portugal from what is

now Angola.

2.Brought against their will first as

indentured servants then slaves

3.Worked on tobacco plantations

indentured servants

Africans that were brought to

Jamestown to work on tobacco

plantations for a period of time

usually 5-7 years in exchange for

passage to America

triangular trade

The trade pattern in which

Europeans traded goods for

kidnapped West Africans

tobacco

cash crop of Virginia

often used as money

grown to sell for money

required many workers to plant and

harvest

barter

to trade something for

goods or services

No banks!

There were no banks in

Colonial Virginia

House of Burgesses

1st elected law making body

in English America

General Assembly

Gave the colonists a chance

to have a say in their

government

Governor’s Council

Made up of wealthy and

powerful men who gave the

governor advice

Virginia Assembly

Made up of the governor,

the Governor’s council and

the Burgesses

legislative

means making laws

import

Goods that are

brought INTO the

country

export

Goods that are sent

OUT OF the country