Chapter 4 Study Guide Flashcards
What is subsistence farming?
Pruducing enough to meet tge needs of the family
What is commercial agriculture?
Farming to make money or profits
Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?
Because there were long winters and the soil was thin and rocky
What were the two main industries of the New England colonies?
Ship building and fishing
What is the triangular trade?
The Triangular Trade was a system in which slaves, crops, and manufactured goods were traded between Africa, the Caribbean, and American colonies
What was the name of the slave transporting leg of the Triangular Trade?
The Middle Passage
Where was the hub of the shipping trade in America?
New England
What is a cash crop?
Crops that could be sold in markets
What were the two main cash crops of the Middle Colonies?
Wheat and Oats
Which colonial region was known for its diverse population of German and Scotch-Irish citizens?
The Middle Colonies
What was the main cash crop in Virginia and Maryland?
Tabacco
What was the main cash crop in Georgia and South Carolina?
Rice
What did rice and tobacco have in common (why slaves were used to harvest them)?
They were Labor Intesive Crops
What is supply and demand?
Supply is how much you have and demand is how bad people want it, they control the prices of crops and goods
What were the strict rules governing the behavior and punishment of slaves in the colonies?
Slave Codes
How did England view the colonies economically?
They viewed them as an economic resource( a way to make money)
How do you make money on trade?
You must export more than you import
What was important about the Navigation Acts?
It ensured that England made money from colonial trade
What established a limited government in the 13th
century and inspired the US Constitution?
The Magna Carta
Who was allowed to vote in the mid 1700’s in the colonies?
White men who owned property
What was the religious revival that swept through the colonies?
The Great Awakening
What was the Enlightenment?
Belief that knowledge, science, and reason could improve society
What was the name of the book Benjamin Franklin wrote after being inspired by the Enlightenment?
Poor Richard’s Almanack
Who was the newspaper publisher that was charged with a crime for accusing the governor of New York of being
corrupt?
John Peter Zenger
The John Peter Zenger Trail dealt with what personal liberty?
Freedom of the Press
Where is the land area that the British and French fought over because of the fur trade?
The Ohio River Valley
What was the most powerful group of Native Americans in the East?
The Iroquois Confederacy
Who was sent to tell the French to leave the Ohio River Valley and struck the first blow against the French?
George Washington
What is a militia?
A group of citizens trained to fight in emergancies
What did the Albany Plan of Union want to do?
Unite all the colonies under one goverment to protect them from the French and the Indians
What was the main economic activity in all colonies?
Farming
What was the name of the political cartoon that encouraged the colonies to approve the Albany Plan of Union?
Join or Die
What was the name of the war between the French and British in Europe?
The Seven Years War
What was the most important victory for the British in the F&I War?
When they took over Quebec( The battle of Quebec)
Who was the Ottawa chief who believed the British were threatening their way of life?
Pontiac
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
It gave the Indians the land that they took from the French and the Ohio River Valley
Why were many colonists upset over the Proclamation of 1763?
Because some people had already bought land and they said that they cant have it and have to go back to the colonies
What did the Treaty of Paris 1763 do?
It gave the land that France had and the Ohio River Valley to England
What is the name of the fort that the Cherokee burned down in modern day Tennessee?
Fort Loudoun
