Chapter 4 Flashcards
What is subsistence farming?
Farming just enough to feed your family
What is commercial agriculture?
farming for a profit
Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?
The soil wasn’t good for farming
What were the two main industries of the New England colonies?
Ship building and fishing
What is the triangular trade?
Trade between North America, Africa, and Great Britan
What was the name of the slave transporting leg of the Triangular Trade?
The middle passage
Where was the hub of the shipping trade in America?
New England
What is a cash crop?
Crops that are sold easily
What were the two main cash crops of the Middle Colonies?
Wheat and flour
Which colonial region was known for its diverse population of German and Scotch-Irish citizens?
Middle colonies
What was the main cash crop in Virginia and Maryland?
Tobacco and rice
What was the main cash crop in Georgia and South Carolina?
Tobacco,rice and indigo
What did rice and tobacco have in common (why slaves were used to harvest them)?
They are both work intensive
What is supply and demand?
They control the prices of crops
What were the strict rules governing the behavior and punishment of slaves in the colonies?
The Slave Code
How did England view the colonies economically?
As a resource
How do you make money on trade?
Export more than you import
What was important about the Navigation Acts?
They were efforts to put the theory of mercantilism into actual practice.
What established a limited government in the 13
th
century and inspired the US Constitution?
Proclamation of 1763
Who was allowed to vote in the mid 1700’s in the colonies?
White men who owned property
What was the religious revival that swept through the colonies?
The great Awakening
What was the Enlightenment?
The belief that knowledge,science, and reson could improve society
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 Trail 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?
Louisiana
What was the most powerful group of Native Americans in the East?
Iroquois
What was the main economic activity in all colonies?
Gaining land
Who was sent to tell the French to leave the Ohio River Valley and struck the first blow against the French?
George Washington
What is a militia?
Citizens that are in a military force
What did the Albany Plan of Union want to do?
Help the colonists defend themselves from the french
