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mercantilism

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a theory that a country should try to keep as much bullion, or gold and silver, as possible

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balance of trade

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the difference in value between imports and exports

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duty

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tax

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salutary neglect

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British colony policy during the 1700’s; the stuff where they had to trade all that fun stuff with England

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staple crop

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crops that are in constant demand

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triangular trade

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trade between three points of the Americas, Europe and Africa

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immigrant

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people who enter a new country to settle

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great awakening

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revival of religious feeling

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itinerant

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traveling

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dissent

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difference of opinion

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almanac

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book containing information such as calendars, weather predictions, proverbs, and advice

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indigo

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a type of plant used in making a blue dye for cloth

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self-sufficient

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able to make everything needed to maintain itself

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middle passage

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one leg of the triangular trade between the Americas, Europe, and Africa; also used for the transport of slaves

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mutiny

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revolt

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gentry

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wealthy people who set themselves apart by their clothing

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artisans

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at early age boys form most families became apprentices/ when they did this they would work for another person in exchange for learning a trade

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printers

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gathered and circulated local news and information/ had to be cautious with what stories to report/ one of the most famous printers was Benjamin Franklin (he wrote the Poor Richard’s almanac

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farmers + fishermen

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farm sizes varied from large cash crops in the southern colonies to small subsistence farms in the New England and Middle colonies / New england farmers had a reputation for being tough, thrifty, and conservative/ fishing quickly became a main industry and promoted growth in the related industry of shipbuilding

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indentured servant

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agreed to work for a master for a set amount of time, up to seven years/ masters had to pay for travel costs in exchange for the work/ masters had total authority/ those who served out of their time were granted their freedom and in some cases a piece of land

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women

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were under control of their husband/ women had a lot of household duties; cooking, gardening, washing, cleaning, weaving cloth and sewing/ it was legal to hit women

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what was the british governments policy towards the colonies after the rule of King James II?

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they became a self government. This meant, there were governors appointed by the king. These governors had a great amount of power, being able to call all of the meetings, veto laws, and could appoint local officials

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causes of salutary neglect

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civil war
lacked money and resources to enforce/
England benefitted because the colonies provided them with raw materials and England gave them manufactured goods

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what were the effects of those causes of the salutary neglect

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colonies became somewhat independent/
caused trade with other colonies like britain/
developed their own self governments

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what was the great awakening

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the great awakening was an indirect challenge to the hierarchical social order of the British Colonies because the people of the middle or even bottom of the society thought that they could act on their own faith, not depending on any authority. This led them to think that some people are better than others, a thought that would eventually have revolutionary consequences

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increase in population of colonial expansion

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birth rate increased/ death rate increased/ immigrants increased/ people began to feel crowded in their colonies

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increase in territory of colonial expansion

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based on the increase in population; fathers tried to provide their sons with some land of their own, there was not enough land to go around to do all this/ because of the lack of land it made it more difficult for American men to secure their independence by owning private property/ colonies could not flourish

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native american and french of colonial expansion

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native americans were also moving west; forced the indians to relocate into other lands/ because of the migration the french set defenders to strengthen different settlements; this caused conflicts

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what would happen if countries used the theory of mercantilism

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they would have a balance of trade

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what needed to happen for a country to successfully execute mercantilism

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export more good than they imported

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when were the navigation acts

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1660

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what were the only three crops that could be traded with england

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sugar
tobacco
cotton

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what would have to happen if they wanted to sell anything to people in other parts of the world or if it was a different good

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If they wanted to sell anything to people in other parts of the world they had to sail their ships into England and from there pay a tax on everything/
They had to sail in English ships

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which region was the most diverse

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middle colonies

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why were … diverse

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they could farm

commerce

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new england

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trade was very important/

had farms but didn’t make along of money

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middle colonies

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farming

trade

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southern colonies

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staple crops

agricultural

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N.C and marlyand crops

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tobacco

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S.C crops

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rice

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Georgia crops

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rice and eventually cotton

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what was the major ethnicity in all of the colonies

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England by far; almost 50%

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what was something that caused all the emerging tensions

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all the ethnicities

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french moving west:

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had a conflict with the english/ was not only about the land but the fur trade as well; wanted complete control of it

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native Americans moving westward

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also had a conflict, with the english, had good relaiotnship with the french/ the english would move the native americans off their land

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where is new france located

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along the st. lawrence river

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what is the capital of new france

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quebec

48
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what did they settle along rivers for

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food
trade
defense
fertile soil for farming

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what were the two ways the salves were packed

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tightly and loosely packed

50
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which was could fit more slaves

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tightly

51
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tightly packed

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laid down side by side with another slave and chained during the entire voyage

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loosely packed

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sitting side by side or back to back , chained, with another slave

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what was the death rate of the slaves on the ships

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50%

54
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where were most of the slaves that come over from

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west africa

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how did they come over

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were kindapped

bought and sent over; point is none came over willingly

56
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diaspora

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scattering or africans

57
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where did most africans land

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brazil

58
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where did the least amount of slaves land

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north america

59
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how were slaves bought in america

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auctioned off to the highest bidder

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after being bought what would the slaves have to go through

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put through a “seasoning” process

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what language did the slaves speak and what were their names

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they learned a european language, were named a european land (usually the last name of its owner)

62
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who had already brought some slaves to south and latin america

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portuguese and spanish

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when did the first slaves come over to america and where

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1619 in jamestown by the Dutch

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when did the first slaves come to rhode island and where

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1696 in Newport

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why not enslave the native population

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were highly likely to catch european diseases; were not used to the germs that they had; did not have a strong immune system for it/
they were familiar with the terrain and could escape easier/
they had political allies that could fight against the owners

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who made up the southern colonies

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virginia, maryland, south Carolina, north carolina and Georgia

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who made up the middle colonies

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maryland, New York, Delaware, Philadelphia

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who made up the New England colonies

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Boston, salem, and newport, Rhode Island

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