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Chapter 4 Section 4 Flashcards

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1
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What was the man economic activity for all colonies?

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Plantations

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2
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What is subsistence farming?

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Growing enough for your family and no one else

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3
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What is commercial agriculture?

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Growing crops for money

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4
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Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?

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The soil wasn’t very good for crops

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What were the 2 main industries of the New England colonies?

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Fishing and shipbuilding

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6
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What’s the triangular trade?

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The trade between Africa, America, and Europe

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What’s the name of the slave trade leg of the triangular trade?

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The middle passage

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8
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The hub of shipping trade in America?

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New York

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9
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What’s a cash crop?

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A crop that’s grown for money

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The 2 main cash crops in the middle colonies?

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Wheat and oats

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What area was known for its diverse population of Scotch-Irish and Germans?

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The 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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13
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The main crop for South Carolina and Georgia?

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Rice

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14
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What did rice and tobacco have in common?

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They both needed lots of labor

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What’s supply and demand?

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The belief that the more of the thing available to buy, the cheaper it will get

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16
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What were the rules governing the behavior of slaves?

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Slave codes

17
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How did England view the colonies economically?

A

As a way to produce products

18
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How to make money from trade?

A

By exporting more than you import

19
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What was important about the navigation acts?

A

It ensured England made money off of the colonies

20
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What established a limited government in the 18th century and inspired the United States constitution?

A

The Albany Plan of Union

21
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What was allowed to vote in the mid 17th century in the colonies?

A

White adult males who own land

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

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The Great Awakening

23
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What was the Enlightenment?

A

A belief that education and science would improve society

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

A

Poor Richards Almanac

25
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Who was charged of accusing the governor of New York of corruption?

A

John Peter Zenger

26
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The Zenger trial dealt with what liberty?

A

The freedom of the press

27
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The land where the British and the French fought for because of the fur trade?

A

The Ohio River Valley

28
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The most powerful group of natives in the east?

A

The Iroquois Confederacy

29
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Who was sent to tell the French to leave the ORV and fired the first blow?

A

George Washington

30
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What’s a militia?

A

A group of armed citizens who are sent to fight in emergencies

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

A

Unite the British colonies under one legislative government

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

A

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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The seven years war

34
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The name of the fort that the Cherokee burned in modern Tennessee?

A

Fort Loudoun

35
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The most important victory for the British in the F&I war?

A

The Battle of Quebec

36
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What did the treaty of Paris in 1763 do?

A

It took away almost all French colonies in North America

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

A

Pontiac

38
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What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

A

It outlawed any American colonists from owning land west of the Appalachian mountains

39
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Why were so many colonists angry at the Proclamation of 1763?

A

The colonists couldn’t settle the land that they specifically fought 7 years for

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