Chapter 3-Colonial Life Flashcards
What was the cash crop of the Chesapeake Bay region
tobacco
What type of farms dominated the Chesapeake Bay region
plantations
Who relied on planters to fund their trans-Atlantic voyage and other fees
Indentured servants
To provide for a large labor force and to make up for a high infant mortality rate, families produced many ____ during colonial days.
children
This was a subsistence crop throughout the all colonies.
corn
These were used to ship almost all goods during colonial days
barrels
Tobacco was transported in a special container called a ____
hogshead
Almost all shipping in the Chesapeake Region was by _____ thus making roads and towns unneccessary
river transportation
Governor ____ of Virginia created a crisis during Bacon’s Rebellion by not pushing Indians off good land for recently released indentured servants.
Governor Berkely
The Results of Bacon’s Rebellion in Virginia was an increase in ____ labor rather than indentured servant labor.
Slave Labor
He led a rebellion in the Chesapeake Region that called for more land to the lower classes.
Nathaniel Bacon
South Carolina’s cash crops were ____ and ___.
Indigo and rice
Georgia was set up by James Oglethorpe as a ____ colony.
Debtor’s colony
This region’s environment was little different than Europe’s, had no plantations or cash crops, and had few exportable products.
New England
The primary economic activities for the New England region included ____ and ____.
Fishing and ship-building
What three commodities were the primary goods of the Triangular Trade?
Sugar
Rum
Slaves
This dried product was used by New England farmers as livestock feed.
Apples
This was used as a fuel for lighting lamps in the colonies.
Whale oil
Sawmills in New England were powered by ___ in colonial days.
Water fall power
This was the leading class in New England society.
Merchant class
A pure society, holy watching, and a culture of suspicion lead the religious group called ____ into a period of witch hunts.
Puritans
The production of ____ in the Middle Colonies were a very labor intensive activity.
Wheat
The Middle Colonies grew with the fur trade with the ____.
Indians
Many _____ immigrant settlers moved to the frontier of the Middle Colonies like Pennsylvania.
Scotch-Irish
Germantown, Penn. was initially settled by many _____ immigrants.
Mennonites
Many Quakers and Germans settled this early American colony
Pennsylvania
The early settlers to Maryland were _____.
Catholics
The _____ Act was passed in Maryland to allow religious freedom for Protestants and Catholics, however Jews were not included in this freedom.
Religious Toleration Act
Logic and reason in sicence, religion, and government flourished during the ____.
Enlightment
People are shaped by their societies is a basic idea of ____.
John Locke
John Locke believed in these three “Natural Rights”
Life
Liberty
Property
Consent by the governed is the basic idea by John Locke and other enlightenment thinkers and is often called _____.
The Social Contract
He believed in Separation of Powers
Baron Montesquieu
Separation of Powers justified the creation of ______ as found in the United States Constitution.
Checks and Balances
List two Great Awakening preachers
George Whitefield
Jonathan Edwards
During the ______ there were many religious revivals that emphasized equality in religion and therefore equality before the law.
The Great Awakening
