Chapter 4 Flashcards

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What is subsistence farming?

A

Producing enough to meet the needs of the family

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What was the main economic activity in all colonies?

A

Farming

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2
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What is commercial agriculture?

A

Where larger amounts of crops are produced to make a profit

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3
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Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?

A

Thin rocky soil and long winters

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4
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What were the two main industries of the New England colonies?

A

Shipbuilding and fishing

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5
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What is the triangular trade?

A

Sugar and molasses from West Indies to New England
Molasses is turned into rum from New England to West Africa and Europe
Rum for slaves from West Africa to West Indies

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6
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What were the main items traded in the Triangular Trade?

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Sugar, molasses, rum, slaves

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7
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What was the name of the slave transporting leg of the Triangular Trade?

A

The Middle Passage

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8
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Where was the hub of the shipping trade in America?

A

New England

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9
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What is a cash crop?

A

Crops that can be sold in markets

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10
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What were the two main cash crops of the Middle Colonies?

A

Wheat and Oates

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11
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Which colonial region was known for its diverse population of German and Scotch-Irish citizens?

A

Middle colonies

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12
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What was the main cash crop in Virginia and Maryland?

A

Tobacco

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13
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What was the main cash crop in Georgia and South Carolina?

A

Rice

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14
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What did rice and tobacco have in common (why slaves were used to harvest them)?

A

Very Labor intensive crops

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15
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What is supply and demand?

A

Controls the prices if crops

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16
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What is the region of the Southern colonies where the plantations resided?

A

Tide water area

17
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What were the strict rules governing the behavior and punishment of slaves in the colonies?

A

Slave codes

18
Q

How did England view the colonies economically?

A

As a resource

19
Q

How do you make money on trade?

A

Export more than you import

20
Q

What were the Navigation Acts?

A

Restrict trade and ensure they make money

21
Q

What established a limited government in the 13th century and inspired the US Constitution?

A

Magna Carta

22
Q

Who was allowed to vote in the mid 1700’s in the colonies?

A

White men who owned property

23
Q

What was the religious revival that swept through the colonies?

A

The Great Awakening

24
Q

What was the Enlightenment?

A

Belief that knowledge, science, and reason viols improve society

25
Q

What was the name of the book Benjamin Franklin wrote after being inspired by the Enlightenment?

A

Poor Richards Alamanck

26
Q

Who was the newspaper publisher that was charged with a crime for accusing the governor of New York of being corrupt?

A

John Peter Zenger

27
Q

Where is the land area that the British and French fought over because of the fur trade?

A

Ohio River Valley

28
Q

What was the most powerful group of Native Americans in the East?

A

Iroquois Confederacy

29
Q

Who was sent to tell the French to leave the Ohio River Valley and struck the first blow against the French?

A

George Washington

30
Q

What is a militia

A

Group of citizens trained to fight in emergencies

31
Q

What did the Albany Plan of Union want to do?

A

Help the colonies defeat the French

32
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What was the name of the political cartoon that encouraged the colonies to approve the Albany Plan of Union?

A

“Join or Die”

33
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What was the name of the war between the French and British in Europe?

A

“Seven Year War”

34
Q

What is the name of the fort that the Cherokee burned down in modern day Tennessee?

A

Fort Loudoun

35
Q

Who oversaw the colonial war effort in London and was the cause of the British turnaround?

A

William Pitt

36
Q

What was the most important victory for the British in the F&I War?

A

Take places in the battle of Quebec

37
Q

Who was the Ottawa chief who believed the British were threatening their way of life?

A

Pontiac

38
Q

What did the Treaty of Paris 1763 do?

A

Ended the French & Indian war

39
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What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

A

It halted western expansion by the settlers west of the Appalachian Mountains