HistoryPoint: A Web Site of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library History in Your Own Backyard, Primers to the Past: Teaching Our Past
Use the information from Colonial Virginia Economics to answer the following questions:

1. George Washington shipped hogsheads of tobacco to pay his __________ to the English merchant Robert Cary & Company.

2. The English merchant sold George Washington goods on ___________.

3. What barter item did George Washington use to buy his goods? ___________

4. The goods George Washington purchased from the English merchant are called ___________________. Why do you think they are called this?

5. What two methods did George Washington use to purhase his goods from the English merchant? _____________ and ___________