I. Colonial Virginia Economy:

A. The economy of the Virginia colony depended on_____________________.

B. The most important agriculture product was_________________________.

II. Tobacco:

A. Tobacco was sold in England as a ___________________________________.


1. A cash crop is one that____________________________________ .

2. Another example of a cash crop is__________________________.

B. The successful planting of tobacco depended on_____________________.

C. Virgina planters would take their tobacco to _________________________ like the one in the town of Fredericksburg to have it inspected.

III. Slave Labor:

A. Many Africans were brought over ____________________________________ to work on plantations in Fredericksburg, Stafford, and Spotsylvania.

B. One of the first slave labor plantations in the Fredericksburg Area, was ______________________________ of Stafford.

C. Slaves were brought and sold from slaves blocks, such as the one located _______________________ to work on plantations.

D. There were slaves in Fredericksburg, but most were in ________________ __________________________________.

E. The Virginia colony became ___________________ on slave labor.