Chapter 3 Flashcards
What did women do during that time .
Since they had few right they mostly stayed to tending to the homestead.
What are cash crops ?
Crops grown primarily for sale .
What was the triangular trade routes ?
Run and goods from New England went to Africa .
Slaves from Africa went to the West Indies.
Sugar and molasses went from the West Indies to New England.
What is mercantilism ?
A economic system in which nations seek to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver by establishing a favorable trade balance.
What were the navigation acts ?
Laws made by Great Britain to control the colonies trade enacted by Great Britain .
What is salutary neglect ?
A English policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulations in its colonies in return for the colonies continued economic support.
Who was fighting in the French and Indian war ?
The French and Indians were fighting against the British and the colonists.
When did the French and Indian war start and end ?
Started in 1754 and ended in 1763.
Where were most of the battles fought in the French and Indian war?
In the ohio river valley .
What was George Washingtons role in the French and Indian war ?
Was sent to evict the French from Ohio because it had been given to wealthy land owners . It was the catalyst for his military career.
Who won the French and Indian war ? Who lost ?
Great Britain won the war claiming all land east of the Mississippi River including New Orleans while the French only kept Haiti.
What is the proclamation of 1763 ?
A rule made by the king saying that all settlers must stay east of the Appalachian mountains.
What was the Sugar Act ?
A tax on sugar and molasses. Even though the tax was cut in half it angered colonists because they had not been paying taxes anyway, they had been smuggling the goods .
What diversified the norths economy ?
The rocky soil in the north diversified the economy because farmers had to find different things to grow .
What was interesting about urban life ?
It was different from farm living
Many sanitary issues
Towns and cities were built it a grid like plan.
