Chapter 4 Flashcards
What was the main economic activity in all colonies?
Agriculture
What is subsistence farming?
Subsistence agriculture is self-sufficiency farming in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families. …
What is commercial agriculture?
They are participating in commerce, thus the name “commercial farming.”
Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?
. The soil is also rocky and not a favorable for growing. The soil was more favorable in the southern and middle colonies.
What were the two main industries of the New England colonies?
Grain mills, sawmills, and shipbuilding
What is the triangular trade?
a multilateral system of trading in which a country pays for its imports from one country by its exports to another.
What was the name of the slave transporting leg of the Triangular Trade?
The first leg of the triangle was from a European port to Africa, in which ships carried supplies for sale and trade, such as copper, cloth, trinkets, slave beads, guns and ammunition. When the ship arrived, its cargo would be sold or bartered for slaves.
Where was the hub of the shipping trade in America?
New England.
What is a cash crop?
a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.
What were the two main cash crops of the Middle Colonies?
tobacco, indigo, cotton, and rice
Which colonial region was known for its diverse population of German and Scotch-Irish citizens?
North America
What was the main cash crop in Virginia and Maryland?
Tobacco
What was the main cash crop in Georgia and South Carolina?
Tobacco
What did rice and tobacco have in common (why slaves were used to harvest them)?
These crops required labor
What is supply and demand?
the amount of a commodity, product, or service available and the desire of buyers for it, considered as factors regulating its price.
What were the strict rules governing the behavior and punishment of slaves in the colonies?
Slaves weren’t allowed to learn how to read or right
How did England view the colonies economically?
economic resource
How do you make money on trade?
You use two colonies and say one is willing to pay more than the other
What was important about the Navigation Acts?
Navigation Acts. The Navigation Acts were efforts to put the theory of mercantilism into actual practice. Beginning in 1650, Parliament acted to combat the threat of the rapidly growing Dutch carrying trade. Later laws were passed in 1651, 1660, 1662, 1663, 1670 and 1673.
What established a limited government in the 13th century and inspired the US Constitution?
Magna Carta and the United States …
Who was allowed to vote in the mid 1700’s in the colonies?
Men and land owener who were men
What was the religious revival that swept through the colonies?
Although a deist himself, Franklin was curious about the religious revival that swept through the colonies from the 1740s into the 1770s. The Great Awakening and its impact.
What was the Enlightenment?
The Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement which dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century, The Century of Philosophy.
What was the name of the book Benjamin Franklin wrote after being inspired by the Enlightenment?
Poor Richard’s Almanack
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?
important precedent in free speech cases.
Where is the land area that the British and French fought over because of the fur trade
Green Bay
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?
George Washington
What is a militia?
a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.
a military force that engages in rebel or terrorist activities, typically in opposition to a regular army.
all able-bodied civilians eligible by law for military service.
What did the Albany Plan of Union want to do?
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. On July 10, 1754, representatives from seven of the British North American colonies adopted the plan.
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?
Seven year war
What is the name of the fort that the Cherokee burned down in modern day Tennessee?
Fort Necessity
What was the most important victory for the British in the F&I War?
Battle of Quebec
What did the Treaty of Paris 1763 do?
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years’ War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies. In the terms of the treaty, France gave up all its territories in mainland North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies there.
Who was the Ottawa chief who believed the British were threatening their way of life?
Pontiac’s
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
That forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. In so doing, he hoped to placate Native Americans who had sided against him during the recently concluded Seven Years’ War.
Why were many colonists upset over the Proclamation of 1763?
settlement west of the Appalachian Mountain range. Furthermore, those who had already settled in the region were required to relocate to the eastern side of the Appalachians.
