Chapter 4 Flashcards
What was the main economic activity in all colonies?
Farming
What is subsistence farming?
farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families.
What is commercial agriculture?
the producer is farming with intent to sell some or even all of their production.
Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?
The soil is also rocky and not a favorable for growing
What were the two main industries of the New England colonies?
Any kind of fishin and ship building
What is the triangular trade?
Three point trading route across alantic ocean
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?
It is a crop sold for a proffit
What were the two main cash crops of the Middle Colonies?
Tobacco and Rice
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
What was the main cash crop in Georgia and South Carolina?
Rice
What did rice and tobacco have in common
Plantations
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?
Slave codes
How did England view the colonies economically?
Viewed as a economic resource
How do you make money on trade?
Export mor than you import
What was important to the navigation acts
Ensured England made money off of colony trade by restricting trade
What established a limited government in the 13th century and inspired the US Constitution?
Magna carats
Who was allowed to vote in the mid 1700’s in the colonies?
White men that owned property
What was the religious revival that swept through the colonies
The great awakening
What was the enlightenment
Belief that knowledge and science could improve society
What was the name of the book Benjamin Franklin wrote after being inspired by the Enlightenment?
Poor Richards almanacs
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?
Free press
Where is the land area that the British and French fought over because of the fur trade?
Ohio river valley
What was the most powerful group of Native Americans in the East?
Inquios confederacy
Who was sent to tell the French to leave the Ohio River Valley and struck the first blow against the French?
GW
What is a militia
A group of citizens trained to fight
What did the Albany plan of union want to do
Help colonies defend themselves from the French
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?
French and Indian 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?
Halted western expansion by settlers west of the am
Why were many colonists upset over the Proclamation of 1763?
They had already baught land
Why were many colonist upset over the proclamation of 1763
They had already baught land
Who was the Ottawa chief who believed the British were threatening their way of life
Pontiac
