chapter 3 Flashcards
1
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- What items were traded from Africa to the Caribbean or America?
A
slaves
2
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- What items were traded from the Caribbean to America?
A
sugar
3
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- What items were traded from America to England?
A
tobacco
4
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- What items were traded from England to America?
A
manufactured goods
5
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- Which region was the most diverse “melting pot” of settlers? .
A
middle colonies
6
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- The most common food crop in America was _____.
A
corn
7
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- The son of Massasoit was Metacomet, who was also known as _____.
A
King Philip
8
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- The colonial legislature, or elected assembly, had the “power of the _____” because it paid the governor’s salary and financed government activities.
A
purse
9
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- A common tax in some colonies was a(n) _____ tax that citizens had to pay before they could vote.
A
poll tax
10
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- The main crop in the tidewater areas of the southern colonies was _____ since the tides could be used to raise and lower the water levels in the fields.
A
rice
11
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. 11. The primary colonial tax paid by the colonists was a ___________paid by anyone who owned land.
A
property tax
12
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- The wave of immigrants that came from Europe to America in the early years of colonization is called
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Great migration
13
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- An undeveloped area at the edge of the settled area is called
A
frontier
14
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- The ____________________Mountains formed the western boundary of the British colonies for over one hundred years.
A
Appalachian
15
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- The main north-south pathway from Pennsylvania to Georgia was called the___________________
A
great wagon road
16
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- Travelers on the wilderness trails often used ____________________________ wagons to carry their belongings.
A
conestoga
17
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- The route Daniel Boone helped clear through the Appalachian Mountains is the ___________________Road.
A
wilderness road
18
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- Farmers who could raise just enough crops and livestock to provide for their families were called _______________ farmers
A
subsistence farmers
19
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- Large farms in the South that grew cash crops and often used with slave labor were called _______ _______________ . .
A
plantations
20
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- The network of routes between Africa, the Americas, and Europe was called the ________________ trade.
A
triangular trade
21
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- Places where Indians who became Christians could learn about the Bible and European law, manners, and town life were known as _____________________.
A
praying towns
22
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- The ______________War was a 1637 war between the Massachusetts Bay colonists and the neighboring Indians in which the colonists ambushed an Indian fort, killed many Indians, and captured and sold the remaining Indians as slaves.
A
Pequot war
23
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23._______________________War was a three-year conflict (1675–78) between the Indians and New England colonists in which at least six hundred colonists and two thousand Indians were killed, including Metacomet.
A
king Phillip
24
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- The conflict in Virginia between frontier settlers and the colonial government was called _________________.
A
bacons rebellion
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25. The local army of a colony was called the __________________________
miltila
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26. Governors appointed judges, also called _______________________ who held trials, settled disputes, collected taxes, granted licenses, recorded property deeds, and served other public needs.
justice of peace
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27. In New England the basic unit of government was the _________________________.
township
28
28. What dangers did those on the frontier face?
faced skirmishes with Indians between ethic groups
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29. Describe the common occupations in the New England colonies.
many became merchants, fisherman, whalers and shipbuilders
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30. Describe the economic activity of the southern colonies.
grew lots of cash crops and had many plantations and slaves
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31. Describe the economic activity of the middle colonies.
were know as bread colonies
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32. Identify two motives of the colonists for wanting to convert the Indians to Christianity.
was generally worried Abt them and wanted them to become civilized
