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What was the main economic activity in all colonies?

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Farming

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What is subsistence farming?

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Producing enough to meet the needs of the family

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What is commercial agriculture?

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When larger amounts of crops are produced to make a profict

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4
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Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?

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because of long winters and rocky soil

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

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Shipbuilding and fishing

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What is the triangular trade?

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Is a system in witch slaves,crops,and manufactured goods where traded between Africa, the Caribbean,and the American colonies

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

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The middle passage

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

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New England

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What is a cash crop?

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Crops that could be sold in markets

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

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Wheat and Oates

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

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Middle colonies

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What was the main cash crop in Virginia and Maryland?

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Tabacco and Rice

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

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Tabacco

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

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Both crops were very labor incresed on these large prices of crops

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What is supply and demand?

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Supply and Demand controls the prices of crops

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

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Slave codes

17
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How did England view the colonies economically?

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A way to make money

18
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How do you make money on trade?

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You must export more than you import

19
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What was important about the Navigation Acts?

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The Navigation Acts ensured that England made money off of colonial trade by restricting trade

20
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What established a limited government in the 13th century and inspired the US Constitution?

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The Magna cart

21
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Who was allowed to vote in the mid 1700’s in the colonies?

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White men who owned property could vote

22
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What was the religious revival that swept through the colonies?

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The Great Awekening

23
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What was the Enlightenment?

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The Enlightenment belief that knowledge,science,and reason could improve society

24
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What was the name of the book Benjamin Franklin wrote after being inspired by the Enlightenment?

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“A penny saved is a penny earned “

25
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Who was the newspaper publisher that was charged with a crime for accusing the governor of New York of being
corrupt

A

Jonh Peter Zenger

26
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The John Peter Zenger Trial dealt with what personal liberty?

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Zenger was found not guilty and this help lead us to freedom of the press

27
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Where is the land area that the British and French fought over because of the fur trade

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Ohio River Valley

28
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What was the most powerful group of Native Americans in the East?

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Iroquos Confederacy

29
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Who was sent to tell the French to leave the Ohio River Valley and struck the first blow against the French?

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George Washington

30
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What is a militia?

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A group of citizens trained to fight in emergencies

31
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What did the Albany Plan of Union want to do?

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Was designed to help the colonies defend themselves from Frech

32
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What was the name of the political cartoon that encouraged the colonies to approve the Albany Plan of Union?

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“Joined or Die”

33
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What was the name of the war between the French and British in Europe?

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“French and Indian war”

34
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What is the name of the fort that the Cherokee burned down in modern day Tennessee?

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Fort Loudoun

35
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What was the most important victory for the British in the F&I War?

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Battle of Quebe

36
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What did the Treaty of Paris 1763 do?

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The treaty of Paris 1763 ends the French and Indians war and is the end of power in North America way of life

37
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Who was the Ottawa chief who believed the British were threatening their way of life?

A

Pontitac

38
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What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

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Great Britain sing the proclamation of 1763 ,which halted western expansion by the settlers west of the Appalachian Mountains to appease the NA’s

39
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Why were many colonists upset over the Proclamation of 1763?

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Went they sing the proclamation they agreed to not pushed the Native Americans eny more to the west so went they sing it they did not let the people buy land and some of them all ready buy the land and they did not give money back

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