Chapter 4 Section 4 Flashcards

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1
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What was the man economic activity for all colonies?

A

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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5
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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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7
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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?

A

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?

A

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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15
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What’s supply and demand?

A

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?

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?

A

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?

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Poor Richards Almanac

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Who was charged of accusing the governor of New York of corruption?
John Peter Zenger
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The Zenger trial dealt with what liberty?
The freedom of the press
27
The land where the British and the French fought for because of the fur trade?
The Ohio River Valley
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The most powerful group of natives in the east?
The Iroquois Confederacy
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Who was sent to tell the French to leave the ORV and fired the first blow?
George Washington
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What's a militia?
A group of armed citizens who are sent to fight in emergencies
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What did the Albany Plan of Union want to do?
Unite the British colonies under one legislative government
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What was the name of the political cartoon that encouraged the Albany Plan of Union?
Join, or die
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What was the name of the war between the French and British in Europe?
The seven years war
34
The name of the fort that the Cherokee burned in modern Tennessee?
Fort Loudoun
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The most important victory for the British in the F&I war?
The Battle of Quebec
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What did the treaty of Paris in 1763 do?
It took away almost all French colonies in North America
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Who was the Ottawa chief who thought that the British were threatening their way of life?
Pontiac
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What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
It outlawed any American colonists from owning land west of the Appalachian mountains
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Why were so many colonists angry at the Proclamation of 1763?
The colonists couldn't settle the land that they specifically fought 7 years for