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Whenever people settle an area, they change the culture and landscape to reflect their beliefs, customs, and architecture.

Examples of architecture that reflect different cultures include:

Many names of places in Virginia reflect the cultures of the people who live here.

1. Tappahannock, Virginia

2. Accomack County, Virginia

3. Isle of Weight County, Virginia

4. Suffolk, Virginia

Migration and living in new areas caused people to adapt old customs to their new environment.

People living in colonial Virginia depended on natural, human, and capital resources to produce the goods and services they needed.

Food choices were limited. Meals were made of local produce and meats.

Most people lived in one-room houses with dirt floors. Some people (farmers) lived in large houses.

Households made their own clothes. Most clothing was made of cotton, wool, and/or leather.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/scenery.html

http://www.history.org/history/clothing/intro/index.cfm

http://www.americancenturies.mass.edu/activities/dressup/index.html

Most white Virginians made their living from the land as small farmers. A few owned large farms (plantations).

Most enslaved African Americans worked tobacco, other crops, and livestock. Enslaved African Americans had no rights.

Many free African Americans owned their own businesses and property but were denied most rights.

English and other Europeans settled primarily in Coastal Plain (Tidewater) and Piedmont regions.

Germans and Scots-Irish settled primarily in the Shenandoah Valley, which was along the migration route.

Places of worship

Homes

Africans were settled primarily in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) and Piedmont regions, where tobacco agriculture required a great deal of labor.

Barns

Roanoke- America Indians

Richmond- English

Can you guess the origin of the names of these places?

Prior to the arrival of the settlers, American Indians lived throughout Virginia. After the settlers arrived, most were forced inland.

Culture of Colonial Virginia

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