Chapter 4 Flashcards
What is subsistence farming?
Producing enough to meet the needs of the family
What is commercial agriculture?
When larger amounts of crops are made to make profit
Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?
Because of the long winters amd rocky soil
What were the two main cash crops of the Middle Colonies?
Wheat and oats
What were the two main industries of the New England colonies?
Ship building and fishing
What is the triangular trade?
A system where slaves, crop, and manifactured goods were were traded between Africa, The Carribian, and The American colonies
What was the name of the slave transporting leg of the Triangular Trade?
The Middle Passage
What did rice and tobacco have in common (why slaves were used to harvest them)?
Because they were cash crops and you could get alot of money from them
Where was the hub of the shipping trade in America?
New England
Which colonial region was known for its diverse population of German and Scotch-Irish citizens?
The middle colonies
What was the main cash crop in Virginia and Maryland?
Tobacco
What is supply and demand?
Somthing that controls the price of crops
What was important about the Navigation Acts?
That is made sure that england made money off of the colonies
What was the main cash crop in Georgia and South Carolina?
Rice
How did England view the colonies economically?
As an economin resorce
What established a limited government in the 13th century and inspired the US Constitution?
The magna carta
Who was allowed to vote in the mid 1700’s in the colonies?
Free white men who owned land
How do you make money on trade?
Export more than you inport
What is a cash crop?
Crops that could be sold in markets
What was the religious revival that swept through the colonies?
The great awakenining, it belives that all people were equel.
What was the main economic activity in all colonies?
Farming
What was the Enlightenment?
The belief that knowlage, sciemce, and reason could improve soiciety
What was the name of the book Benjamin Franklin wrote after being inspired by the Enlightenment?
Poor Richards Almanac
Who was the newspaper publisher that was charged with a crime for accusing the governor of New York of being corrupt?
John peter zenger
The John Peter Zenger Trial dealt with what personal liberty?
Freedom of the press
Where is the land area that the British and French fought over because of the fur trade?
The Ohio River Valley
What was the most powerful group of Native Americans in the East?
Iroquois
Who was sent to tell the French to leave the Ohio River Valley and struck the first blow against the French?
GOERGE WASHINGTON
What is a militia?
A group of ordinary citizens taugh to fight in emergances (like the natonal guard)
What did the Albany Plan of Union want to do?
For the 13 colonys to have one general goverment
What was the name of the political cartoon that encouraged the colonies to approve the Albany Plan of Union?
‘Join or Die’
What was the name of the war between the French and British in Europe?
The 7 year war
What is the name of the fort that the Cherokee burned down in modern day Tennessee?
Fort Loudoun
What was the most important victory for the British in the F&I War?
The Battle Of Quebec
What did the Treaty of Paris 1763 do?
It ended the French and Indian War and is the end of power for the French in NA
Who was the Ottawa chief who believed the British were threatening their way of life?
Pontiac (lols the car)
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
It said that the colonies had to stop explanding west of the Appilachian Mountians to appease Native Americans
Why were many colonists upset over the Proclamation of 1763?
Because some of them had already baught land up there
