Chapter 4 Flashcards

1
Q

What was the main economic activity in all colonies?

A

Agriculture, farming

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2
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What is subsistence farming?

A

Growing enough crop for your family but, not for trade.

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3
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What is commercial agriculture?

A

Farming where lots of crops are made to be sold.

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4
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Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?

A

The soil was rocky so it was hard to grow many crops.

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5
Q

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

A

Shipping, and fishing

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6
Q

What is the triangular trade?

A

Three point trading route across Atlantic Ocean

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7
Q

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

A

The middle passage

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8
Q

Where was the hub of the shipping trade in America?

A

The New England colonies

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9
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What is a cash crop?

A

Crops that could be sold easily in markets.

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10
Q

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

A

Tobacco and Rice

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11
Q

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

A

The middle colonies

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12
Q

What was the main cash crop in Virginia and Maryland?

A

Tobacco

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13
Q

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

A

Rice

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14
Q

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

A

They were labor intensive crops

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15
Q

What is supply and demand?

A

How much of something you have, and how much people want.

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16
Q

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

A

Slave codes

17
Q

How did England view the colonies economically?

A

England viewed them as a way to make money.

18
Q

How do you make money on trade?

A

By exporting more than you import.

19
Q

What was important about the Navigation Acts?

A

It forced colonies to make Britain money by using their ships.

20
Q

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

A

Albany Plan of Union

21
Q

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

A

White males who owned land.

22
Q

What was the religious revival that swept through the colonies?

A

The Awakening

23
Q

What was the Enlightenment?

A

Belief that knowledge science and reasoning would improve society.

24
Q

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

A

Poor Richards Almanack

25
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

26
Q

The John Peter Zenger Trial dealt with what personal liberty?

A

Free press

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

Citizens trained to fight in case of emergency

31
Q

What did the Albany Plan of Union want to do?

A

Unite the colonies under one central government

32
Q

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

A

Join or Die

33
Q

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

A

The seven years war

34
Q

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

A

Battle of Quebec

35
Q

What did the Treaty of Paris 1763 do?

A

Ended the war and Frances power in North America

36
Q

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

A

Pontiac

37
Q

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

A

Stopped westward expansion

38
Q

Why were many colonists upset over the Proclamation of 1763?

A

Because they owned land and British mulled their purchase

39
Q

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

A

Fort Loudon