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8th History > Chapter 4- Life In The American Colonies 1607-1770 > Flashcards

Chapter 4- Life In The American Colonies 1607-1770 Flashcards

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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 for your family and then trading and sailing the extra//leftover

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What is commercial agriculture?

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When larger amounts of crops are produced to make a profit

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Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?

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There were very long winters and the soil was thin and rocky

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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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A system in which slaves,crops, and manufactured goods were 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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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 you make good money off of

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

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Wheat and oats

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

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Tobacco

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

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Rice

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

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They were both labor intensive

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What is supply and demand?

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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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Ways to make money

18
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How do you make money on trade?

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By exporting more than you import

19
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What was important about the Navigation Acts?

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They made sure 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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Magna Carta

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

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

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Great awakening

23
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What was the Enlightenment?

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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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Poor Richards almanack

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?

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John peter zenger

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

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Freedom of 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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Iroquois 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?

A

A group of citizens trained to fight emergencies

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

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Help the colonies

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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Join 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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7 years war

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

A

Loud an

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

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The treaty of Paris

36
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What did the Treaty of Paris 1763 do?

A

Ended the French and Indian war

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

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Pontiac

38
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What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

A

Haunted western expansions

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

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Because they didn’t want to move and leave

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