Chapter 4, Colonies Grow

Question 0

What is an overseer

Answer 0

Person in charge of a group of workers (slaves)

Question 1

What is merchantilism?

Answer 1

Theory that a nations power depends on how much money they have

Question 2

Apprentice

Answer 2

A person who learns a trade from skills craftsman such as blacksmith

Question 3

Who was allowed to vote?

Answer 3

White male property owners

Question 4

Three types of colonies in america by 1760’s

Answer 4

Charter colonies, proprietary colonies, royal colonies

Question 5

Middle passage

Answer 5

Where the enslaved africans were treated cruelly and inhuman on their way to the west indies

Question 6

Great awakening

Answer 6

1720-1740 when a religious revival swept through the colonies

Question 7

Treaty of paris

Answer 7

Directed the flow of goods between england and the colonies

Question 8

First college in north america?

Answer 8

Harvard college

Question 9

Age of enlightenment

Answer 9

A way of thinking that believed knowledge, reason, and science could improve society

Question 10

Fort necessity

Answer 10

A small outpost in the ohio valley, spring of 1754 created by george washington

Question 11

Navagation act

Answer 11

France lost power in north america, having to give up canada and most of the land east of the mississippi river to britain

Question 12

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 12

Created by britain to halt settlers westward expansion & prevent fighting between the settlers and indians

Question 13

Substinance farming

Answer 13

When a family produces only enough food to feed their family

Question 14

Backcountry

Answer 14

Region of hills and forrests, west of tidewater

Question 15

Tidewater

Answer 15

Region of flat, low lying plains along the seacoast

Question 16

Triangular trade

Answer 16

A trade route that exchanged goods between the west indies, the american colonies, and west africa

Question 17

Smuggling

Answer 17

Trading goods with another country, illegally

Question 18

Charter colony

Answer 18

People choose their own governor (approved by britain) and representatives

CT, RI

Question 19

Propreitary colonies

Answer 19

Proprietor/s choose a governor & “upper house.” People choose a “lower house.”

DE, MD, PA

Question 20

Royal colonies

Answer 20

King chooses a governor. Governor appoints a council. People choose a “lower house.”

GA, MA, NH, NJ, NY, NC, SC, VA

Question 21

Ben Franklin’s Albany Plan

Answer 21

Unite colonies with one central government