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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?

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Producing enough to meet the needs of the family

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3
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What is commercial agriculture?

A

Crops are sold for money

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4
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What were the two main industries of the New England colonies?

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Shipbuilding and farming

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5
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What is the triangular trade?

A

It’s was a system that traded slaves,cropS, and goods between Africa, the Caribbean, and the American colonies.

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6
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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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7
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Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?

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Long winters and rocky soil

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

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Middle colonies

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9
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What is a cash crop

A

Crops that can be sold easily

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

A

Tobacco and rice

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11
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What was the main cash crop in Virginia and Maryland?

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Tobacco

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12
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What was the main cash crop in Georgia and South Carolina?

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Rice

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13
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What did rice and tobacco have in common (why slaves were used to harvest them)?

A

They were labor intensive and it was a good CC.

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14
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What is supply and demand?

A

The main process of buying and selling

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15
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What were the strict rules governing the behavior and punishment of slaves in the colonies?

A

Slave codes

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16
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How did England view the colonies economically?

A

A money power house.

17
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How do you make money on trade?

A

You must export then or import

18
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What was important about the Navigation Acts?

A

It ensures that England made money off of colonial trade by restricting it

19
Q

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

A

White man who owned property

20
Q

What was the religious revival that swept through the colonies?

A

The great awakening

21
Q

What was the Enlightenment?

A

The spread of science, knowledge, and reason

22
Q

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

A

Poor Richard’s Almanack

23
Q

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

A

The Magna Carta

24
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

25
Q

The John Peter Zenger Trial dealt with what personal liberty?

A

The freedom of Press

26
Q

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

A

Ohio River Valley

27
Q

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

A

Iroquois Confederacy

28
Q

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

A

Washington (furture president )

29
Q

What is a militia?

A

Trained citizens

30
Q

What did the Albany Plan of Union want to do?

A

To help colonies defend themselves

31
Q

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

A

Join or die

32
Q

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

A

French and Indian war

33
Q

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

A

Fort Loudon

34
Q

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

A

The battle of Quebec

35
Q

What did the Treaty of Paris 1763 do?

A

End power in North America for the French

36
Q

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

A

Chief Pontiac

37
Q

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

A

Stop the colonist from going west

38
Q

Why were many colonists upset over the Proclamation of 1763?

A

They had to listen to a law and if you had land to far west you where forced to sell it and move.

39
Q

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

A

NE

COPPER 8th (6 decks)

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