Virginia is growing…..
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Virginia is growing…..
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Q: What was daily life like in Colonial Virginia?
Housing
Food
Clothing
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By the early 1700’s….
• Once Jamestown was a successful colony, people starting moving off the main site and started new towns.
• Most towns were centered around new plantations where tobacco was grown.
• The new towns were in the Coastal Plains and the Piedmont regions.
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Shirley Plantation…what do you notice???
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Plantations were owned by wealthy planters….
• Virginia’s economy depended on agriculture as it’s main sense of wealth.
• What was the crop that raised the most money???
–Tobacco!It was a cash crop…$$$$
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Where were most plantations built?
• Most were built along the rivers…• Why do you think they would build there?
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What was daily life like in Colonial Virginia?
• For those people who lived on plantations, they had a good life!
• Beautiful clothes• Lots of meats, fruits, and vegetables to eat• Lovely furniture• Carriages for travel
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Plantation life for Rich Planters
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Do you think most people lived this way?
• The answer is NO….• Most white Virginians and Free African Americans
made their living from the land as small farmers.
• Only a few owned plantations…just like today, only a few are super rich! (Think Hollywood)
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How did most white Virginian’s and Free African Americans live?
• They had to rely on the Natural Resources available to them.
• Food choices were limited.• Meals were made of local produce and meats.
SaltedHam…
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Did they live in huge houses?
• No, most people lived in a one-room house with a dirt floor.
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Did they wear beautiful clothes?
• Each household made their own clothes.• Most was made of cotton, wool and leather.
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Free African Americans
• Free African Americanslived just like most whites
They owned businesses &property….BUT they were denied mostrights legally.
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Enslaved African Americans
• Most worked tobacco, crops and livestock on the large plantations.
• They were fed by the plantation owners usually fish, corn, and some vegetables.
• They lived in homes that were also 1 room with dirt floors, but usually had more than one family in them.
• They wore simple clothing that was handmade.
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Daily Life of Slaves
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FQ: What was daily life like for the rich different from most Virginians?
• Compare the life of the rich and most Virginians. Use a box and T chart:
Same:
Rich Most Virginians