Terms/Information to Listen/Watch for in the ‘Transformation of

Virginia’’ Video Lecture

What was the Starving Time?

How was tobacco the economic salvation of Virginia?
What were the six factors that led to the transformation of Virginia?
Individual ownership of land – why so important?
What was the House of Burgesses?
The headright system – how much land, why important?
Women – why did they come, what did they do?
African slavery – how it began?
Indentured servitude – why did they come, who were the servants, of what value
were they?
Understand the socio-economic structure of Virginia in the 1600s