Ch.4 Flashcards
What was the main cash crop in Georgia and South Carolina?
Rice.
What was the main cash crop in Virginia and Maryland?
Tobacco.
What was 2 main cash crops of the Middle Colonies?
Wheat and Oats.
What were the 2 industries of the New England Colonies?
Shipbuilding and fishing.
Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?
There was very long winters and the soil was thin and rocky.
What was the main economic activity in all colonies?
Farming.
What is Representative Government?
A system by which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government.
What are victuals?
Foods.
What does it mean to allay?
To reduce in strength.
What’s a slave code?
Rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people.
What was the triangular trade?
Trade route between Britain, West Africa,and the West Indies.
What is principal?
Most important.
What does it mean to rely?
To depend upon.
What is diversity?
A variety. Such as of, national or ethnic groups.
What is a cash crop?
A crop that can be old easily in markets.
What is subsistence farming?
Producing enough food to meet the needs of their family, with little left over.
What does it mean to suspend something?
To set aside or temporarily stop the operation of something.
What does it mean to be neutral?
To take no side.
What does it mean to convert?
To change the religious beliefs of someone.
What is an alliance?
Partnership.
Who is the Iroquois Confederacy?
Most powerful Native Americans in Eastern North America.
What is the Militia?
A military force made up of ordinary citizens.
What does it mean to adapt?
To change in response to a new set of conditions.
What is Civic Virtue?
Democratic ideas, practices, and values that form a free society.
