Chapter 4 Flashcards
What was the main economic activity in all colonies?
Farming
What is subsistence farming?
Producing just enough for your family only.
What is commercial agriculture?
Large amounts of crops produced to make a profit.
Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?
Long winters and rocky soil.
What were the two main industries of the New England colonies?
Fishing and Shipbuilding
What is the triangular trade?
A system where Slaves,crops,and manufactured goods were traded between Africa,Caribbean,and America.
What was the name of the slave transporting leg of the Triangular Trade?
Middle Passage
Where was the hub of the shipping trade in America?
NE
What is a cash crop?
Crops that could be sold in markets.
What were the two main cash crops of the Middle Colonies?
Wheat and Oats
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 (why slaves were used to harvest them)?
They were labor intensive crops.
What is supply and demand?
It controls prices of crops.
What were the strict rules governing the behavior and punishment of slaves in the colonies?
Slave Codes
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?
It made sure that England got most of the money off the colonies.
What established a limited government in the 13th century and inspired the US Constitution?
The Magna Carte
Who was allowed to vote in the mid 1700’s in the colonies?
White me who owned property.
What was the religious revival that swept through the colonies?
The Great Awakening
What was the Enlightenment?
Believe that knowledge, science, and reason could improve society.
What was the name of the book Benjamin Franklin wrote after being inspired by the Enlightenment?
Poor Richards 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?
Freedom of The 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?
Iroquois Confederacy
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?
Group of Citizens trained to fight in Emergencies.
What did the Albany Plan of Union want to do?
Unify the Colonies.
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?
7 years war
What is the name of the fort that the Cherokee burned down in modern day Tennessee?
Ft. Loudon
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?
Gave French West Indies and English Canada and Land west of Mississippi River.
Who was the Ottawa chief who believed the British were threatening their way of life?
Chief Pontiac
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
Stopped Westward Expansion by settler west of Appalachia
Why were many colonists upset over the Proclamation of 1763?
Some had already bought land west of Appalachian Mts. which was no longer his.
