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Chapter 7.1 Flashcards

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Backcountry

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in lack of area settled by europeans

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George Clavert

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member of virginia company and first lord baltimore; received original charter for maryland

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Cecilius Calvert

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son of George Clavert; established the Maryland colony

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James Oglethorpe

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english leader who founded Georgia colony

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What were the reasons for the founding of the Maryland Colony?

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  • build a colony provide a refuge

- make money

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How did the Clavert brothers use the experiences of the Jamestown Colony t plant he Maryland Colony?

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  • there would be no starving time planned so people would have houses and food
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How were the Maryland and Virginia Colonies similar?

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  • relative location
  • grew tobacco
  • same climate and physical geography
  • both elected governors
  • end political representatives
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What types of farms did colonists have in Maryland?

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  • tobacco (some) and corn (more farmers)

- small farms

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How were the governments of Virginia and Maryland similar?

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  • both had governors elected representatives
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How were they different?

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King controlled royal colony of Virginia

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Which colony passed the Toleration Act, which allowed religious freedom to all Christian?

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Maryland

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Why was the Carolina Colony hard to govern?

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  • Covered a huge area

- colonists ignored laws they disliked

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What happened to the Carolina Colony in order to make it easier to govern?

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  • divided into two new colonies: North and South Carolina
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14
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Why were settlers needed for the area south of South Carolina?

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  • King George II might lose control of area
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Explain what type of people settled this area.

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English imprisoned debters

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How did James Oglethorpe try to avoid conflicts?

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  • limited size of farms
  • no slavery
  • no trading with Native Americans
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17
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How did Georgia’s economy ultimately become successful?

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Plantations and labor of slaves

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Why was it difficult to reach the backcountry?

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thick forests, hills, and lack of roads

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What effect did settlers have on American Indians in the Southern Colonies?

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  • Native Americans were killed sick from European diseases and forced into slavery
  • forced off their land; villages were destroyed
20
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Institutionalize

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  • a part of life/laws restricted people’s freedom
21
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Overseer

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To watch field slaves as they work

22
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How did laws help institutionalize slavery?

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Assemblies began to pass laws making slavery legal

- made children of slaves slaves

23
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How did owners treat their slaves?

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Whipped, beat, and insulted

24
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How did some slaves show resistance to the system?

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Broke tools and pretended to be sick and worked slowly

25
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In what ways did enslaved Africans try to preserve their culture?

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  • sang African songs

- told stories of Africa

26
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What are two things that made planters very rich?

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They grew tobacco and rice

27
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Describe how plantation owners were different.

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Few started as poor servants, others started as wealthy English leaders

28
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How were plantations like small villages?

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Main building was 2 or 3 stories high

29
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What were the two kinds of slaves and what did they do?

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  • Field slaves worked in fields raising crops

- House slaves worked in planters home

30
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Describe the many responsibilities of planters:

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  • provide food
  • provide houses
  • public service
  • serve as judges
31
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Why do you think slave owners wanted to keep slaves from learning to read?

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They wanted to maintain their power

32
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Who owned small farms and did they become wealthy?

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  • former indentured servants/ slaves

- few became wealthy

33
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Why and how were church services considered a social event for people on small farms?

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  • They lived far from each other

- Church was a social event / lots of people in attendance

34
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How did most Southern colonists make their living?

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  • Worked on small farms

- planted and harvested their own crops

35
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What were some Africans able to do after they became free?

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  • buy land
  • start their own farms
  • buy slaves
36
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How did the Seminole Indians help the runaway slaves? What did they do in return?

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  • Provided food and shelter

- give 1/3 of crops to indians

37
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How were some Africans in the Southern Colonies able to become free?

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Found ways to escape or buy freedom

38
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Why is tobacco not grown as a cash crop in the farther south?

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Climate was too warm and too wet

39
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How did plantations depend on others?

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Needed a broker to sell their crops; plantation owners produced the crops but relied on others to sell what they grow

40
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What happened as a result of plantations becoming larger and more productive?

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Traders and merchants in the southern port towns grew richer from exporting more cash crops

41
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How did the relative location of Charles Town affect its growth?

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  • often located near ports or deep rivers

- location made it easier to ship crops to England (is my city) and other markets

42
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What were the other industries of the Southern economy based on?

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  • regions natural resources

- hunters, trappers, trees (naval stores), trade, brokers, ship building

43
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What did settlers in the backcountry do as a living?

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  • became hunters
  • trappers
  • traveled with Native Americans
44
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How were the region’s forests an important natural resource?

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dear, beaver, and other animals lived in the region’s forests

45
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In what ways were trees useful for colonists?

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  • making naval stores

- provided tar, turpitine, pich

46
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Besides hunting, trapping, and using other region’s other natural resources, what was another large industry and why was that important?

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Ship building was important because it developed Baltimore dipper (one of the world’s fastest sailing ships)

47
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Interdependance

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depending on others for goods or services

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