4-2 Colonial Economy

Question 1

Olaudah Equiano

Answer 1

a slave who later bought his freedom who recalled his experience on the Middle Passage around 1755

Question 2

Staple Crops/Cash Crops

Answer 2

crops farmers raise in large quantities to sell - tobacco

Question 3

Middle Passage

Answer 3

transportation of enslaved Africans to the Americas during which many Africans died

Question 4

Why did each region have different economic activities?

Answer 4

different climates & geography

Question 5

List economic Activities of North

Answer 5

cold climate; rocky soil = no cash crops, fishing, shipbuilding, furs, rum, timber/lumber, trade

Question 6

List economic Activities of Middle

Answer 6

“Breadbasket” – wheat/grains, livestock, trade, lumber, fur, iron – Delaware had tobacco

Question 7

List economic Activities of South

Answer 7

tobacco, rice, indigo – slaves & indentured servants