Chapter 4 Flashcards

1
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What was the main economic activity in all colonies?

A

Farming

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2
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What is subsistence farming?

A

Producing enough to meet the needs of the family

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3
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What is commercial agriculture?

A

Is when larger amounts of crops are produced to make a profit

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4
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Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?

A

Long winters and thin soil

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5
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What were the two main industries of the New England colonies?

A

Shipbuilding and fishing

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6
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What is the triangular trade?

A

A trading rout that is between 3 different destinations

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7
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What was the name of the slave transporting leg of the Triangular Trade?

A

The middle passage

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8
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Where was the hub of the shipping trade in America?

A

New England

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9
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What is a cash crop?

A

Crops that could be sold in markets

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10
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What were the two main cash crops of the Middle Colonies?

A

Wheat and oats

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11
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Which colonial region was known for its diverse population of German and Scotch-Irish citizens?

A

Middle colonies

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12
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What was the main cash crop in Virginia and Maryland?

A

Tobacco

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13
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What was the main cash crop in Georgia and South Carolina?

A

Rice

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14
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What did rice and tobacco have in common (why slaves were used to harvest them)?

A

We’re very labor intensive

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15
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What is supply and demand?

A

Controls the supply and demand

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16
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What were the strict rules governing the behavior and punishment of slaves in the colonies?

A

Slavs codes

17
Q

How did England view the colonies economically?

A

Economic resource

18
Q

How do you make money on trade?

A

You have to export more than you import

19
Q

What was important about the Navigation Acts?

A

Ensured that England made money

20
Q

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

A

Magna Carta

21
Q

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

22
Q

What was the religious revival that swept through the colonies?

A

The great awakening

23
Q

What was the Enlightenment?

A

Belief that knowledge science and reason could 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
Who was the newspaper publisher that was charged with a crime for accusing the governor of New York of being corrupt?
John peter zenger
26
The John Peter Zenger Trial dealt with what personal liberty?
.?
27
Where is the land area that the British and French fought over because of the fur trade?
Ohio river valley
28
What was the most powerful group of Native Americans in the East?
Iroquois confederacy
29
Who was sent to tell the French to leave the Ohio River Valley and struck the first blow against the French?
George Washington
30
What is a militia?
A group of citizens trained to fight in emergencies
31
What did the Albany Plan of Union want to do?
They wanted one general governor for the 13th colonies
32
What was the name of the political cartoon that encouraged the colonies to approve the Albany Plan of Union?
"Join or die"
33
What was the name of the war between the French and British in Europe?
Seven years war
34
What is the name of the fort that the Cherokee burned down in modern day Tennessee?
Fort loudoun
35
What was the most important victory for the British in the F&I War?
The treaty of Paris
36
What did the Treaty of Paris 1763 do?
It ended the war
37
Who was the Ottawa chief who believed the British were threatening their way of life?
Pontiac
38
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
Which halted the western expansion by the settlers west of the Appalachian mountains to appease the NAs
39
Why were many colonists upset over the Proclamation of 1763?
Some of them already bought land west of the Appalachian and now Britain would ignore their claims