Date: Thursday, January 14th, 2016
Growth and Change in Virginia
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Chapter 6: Pg. 166-185
KEY VOCABULARY WORDS:
rebellion – an uprising or fight against a ruling government
barter –to trade – no money is exchanged
savings–money set aside to be spent later
debt–condition of owing to others more than you have )
profit –money made by a business after all other expenses are paid
credit –an agreement in which a buyer promises to pay for an item at a later time
slavery – owning another human for work or profit
frontier –the far edge of settlement
dominion- land that the king rules
Remember - Virginia planters depended on
indentured servants and slaves to grow
tobacco. Growing tobacco required a lot of
workers.
Middle Passage
This route carried kidnapped Africans to
the Americas. First they were kidnapped
against their will and put into shackles.
Their voyage was crowded, dark, and
unsanitary. They barely had enough room
to sit up.
Slavery
Virginia planters were in favor of slavery
because enslaved persons were slaves
forever and they didn’t have to pay them
wages.
- In 1660, the General Assembly passed
a law saying children of enslaved
mothers were also slaves. This made
slavery official.
- An enslaved person was a slave for life
and their children were also, and so were
their grandchildren, etc.
-Farmers depended on slavery in
colonial Virginia to help run the large
plantations as the slaves worked for no
pay so the planters could have more
money, a profit.
Economy in Virginia
When tobacco prices fell in 1660s, the slaves had to
work harder than ever as more tobacco fields were
planted to help with debt.
There were no banks in colonial Virginia. Colonists
used tobacco leaves for money. Or they bartered,
and they bought items on credit. Tobacco was often
bartered for goods and services.
Merchants and shopkeepers issued credit to colonial
consumers, who would pay their debts when their
crops were harvested.
Since there were no banks in colonial Virginia, only a
small number of people used coins and currency to
buy goods and services.
Bacon’s Rebellion 1676
--. Nathaniel Bacon led Bacon’s Rebellion because Gov.
William Berkeley wouldn’t listen to the colonist’s
demands about providing protection (from Indian
attacks) to the settlers on the frontier.
Bacon’s rebels marched to the statehouse in Jamestown
where Berkeley was forced to give Bacon permission to
fight the Indians.
The “ Old Dominion”
Virginia received the nickname “The Old
Dominion” because King Charles II
remembered his Virginia supporters – they
wanted him to be King after the Puritans had
executed King Charles I. A dominion is the
land the king rules. King Charles’ supporters
were known as Cavaliers.
Matthew Ashby 1727 - 1771
Matthew Ashby was a free black man who saved
enough money to purchase his enslaved family’s
freedom. He worked hard as a messenger and a
carpenter to earn the money.