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	Colonial Virginia Economic System Vocabulary Terms Printer friendly format. For each word below, use context clues in the sentence to guess the meaning of the word. Then, work with your partner to compare each person's guess and come up with one definition. 1. Barter: Tobacco became a highly bartered item that was used as money. Guess: _____________________________________________ Definition: _________________________________________ 2. Credit: Colonial Virginians could buy goods from merchants and shopkeepers on credit. Guess: _____________________________________________ Definition: _________________________________________ 3. Debt: Colonist continued to use tobacco to settle all debts. Guess: _____________________________________________ Definition: _________________________________________ 4. Cash crop: Tobacco was grown and sold in England as a cash crop. Guess: _____________________________________________ Definition: _________________________________________ 5. Money: The practice of using tobacco instead of money became a way of life for the colonists. Guess: _____________________________________________ Definition: _________________________________________ History in Your Own Backyard Lesson Plan: Economic Influences on the Virginia Colony Passages: Tobacco and Slavery in the Virginia Colony Activity: Tobacco and the Virginia Colony Activity: Colonial Virginia Economic System Vocabulary Terms Notes & Primary Source Material: Colonial Virginia Economics Activity: Colonial Virginia Economic Questions Review Activity: Tobacco in Colonial Virginia - Cause & Effect Activity: Colonial Virginia Economic Vocabulary Review Activity: Valuable Tobacco/Valuable Tobacco Questions Activity: Tobacco and Slavery Activity: Slave Labor in the Virginia Colony Activity: The Many Jobs of A Slave Activity: A Fredericksburg Plantation Activity: Plantation Vs. Small Town Primary Source Material: Invoice from Crosbies & Trafford Primary Source Material: Slaves Belonging to the Estate of Fielding Lewis Activity: The Main Idea (Microsoft Word Document) Primary Source Material: Ads from the Virginia Gazette Sources Return to History in Your Own Backyard Index | Primers to the Past
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