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What region (1, 2, 3, or 4) on this modern U.S. mapbest represents the western extent of population duringthe Colonial Period?
ANSWER!
Region 2
What mountain chain acted as aphysical boundary to populationgrowth during the Colonial Period?
Answer!
Appalachian Mountains- it’s the region in which you live! Salem was located in the frontier during the Colonial Period.
What region(s) of Colonial Virginia was characterized by small subsistence farmers,hunters and traders of Scotch-Irish and English decent?
AppalachianPlateau
Ridge and Valley
Blue Rid
ge Mts
Piedmont Tidewater
AppalachianPlateau
Ridge and Valley
Blue Rid
ge Mts
ANSWER!
The Mountains and Valleys
(Hint: The Radford University Highlanders celebrate the region’sScotch-Irish descent)
What region of Colonial Virginia was dominated by large landowners?
AppalachianPlateau
Ridge and Valley
Blue Rid
ge Mts
Piedmont Tidewater
ANSWER!
Tidewater Region(or the lowlands)
Tidewater
Tidewater
What “cash crop” didlarge plantation owners growin the Tidewater Region of Virginia?
Tidewater
ANSWER!
Tobacco
The hot and humid summers in the Chesapeake made it ideal for growing tobacco
What was the difference betweensubsistence agriculture in the mountainsand “cash crops” in the tidewater?
AppalachianPlateau
Ridge and Valley
Blue Rid
ge Mts
Piedmont Tidewater
What was the difference betweensubsistence agriculture in the mountainsand “cash crops” in the tidewater?
AppalachianPlateau
Ridge and Valley
Blue Rid
ge Mts
Piedmont Tidewater
ANSWER!
Subsistence- growing food to eat, a few acres of land required
“Cash Crops”- growing crops to sell (tobacco, indigo), hundreds of acres required on plantation
What region represents the western boundary of the 13 original colonies?
What region represents the western boundary of the 13 original colonies?
Appalachian Mountains
What region was dominated by large land owners?
What region represents the western boundary of the 13 original colonies?
Appalachian Mountains
What region was dominated by large land owners?
Tidewater (lowlands)
What region was dominated by hunters and small subsistence farmers of Scots-Irish and English decent?
What region represents the western boundary of the 13 original colonies?
Appalachian Mountains
What region was dominated by large land owners?
Tidewater (lowlands)
What region was dominated by hunters and small subsistence farmers of Scots-Irish and English decent?
Mountains and Valley region
What region of Virginia was associated with “Cash Crops,” such as tobacco?
What region represents the western boundary of the 13 original colonies?
Appalachian Mountains
What region was dominated by large land owners?
Tidewater (lowlands)
What region was dominated by hunters and small subsistence farmers of Scots-Irish and English decent?
Mountains and Valley region
What region of Virginia was associated with “Cash Crops,” such as tobacco?
Tidewater (lowlands)
What allowed the Tidewater region to be the ideal location for “cash crops?”
What region represents the western boundary of the 13 original colonies?
Appalachian Mountains
What region was dominated by large land owners?
Tidewater (lowlands)
What region was dominated by hunters and small subsistence farmers of Scots-Irish and English decent?
Mountains and Valley region
What region of Virginia was associated with “Cash Crops,” such as tobacco?
Tidewater (lowlands)
What allowed the Tidewater region to be the ideal location for “cash crops?”
Hot and Humid climate
What makes subsistence agriculture different from the growing of “cash crops?”
What region represents the western boundary of the 13 original colonies?
Appalachian Mountains
What region was dominated by large land owners?
Tidewater (lowlands)
What region was dominated by hunters and small subsistence farmers of Scots-Irish and English decent?
Mountains and Valley region
What region of Virginia was associated with “Cash Crops,” such as tobacco?
Tidewater (lowlands)
What allowed the Tidewater region to be the ideal location for “cash crops?”
Hot and Humid climate
What makes subsistence agriculture different from the growing of “cash crops?”
Subsistence farmers in the Mountains and Valley region would mainly grow enough to feed their family, while “Cash Crops” were grown on plantations and were to sell
