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Charter 4 Flashcards

1
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What was the main economic activity in all colonies?

A

Farming

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2
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What is subsistence farming?

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Producing enough to meet the needs of the family.

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3
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What is commercial agriculture?

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Is when larger amounts of crops are produced to make a profit.

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4
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Why did New England farmers practice subsidence farming?

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Long winters and thin rocky soil

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5
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What were the two main industries of the New England colonies?

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Shipping and fishing

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6
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What is the triangular trade?

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Was a system in Which slaves,crops,manufactured goods were traded between Africa,The Caribbean,and the American colonies.

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7
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What was the name of the slave transporting leg of the triangular trade?

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Slaves were shipped from Africa to the West Indies called the Middle Passage.

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8
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We’re is the hub of the shipping trade in America?

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New England

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9
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What is cash crop?

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Crops that could be sold in markets

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10
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What were the two main crash crop of the Middle colonies?

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Tobacco and rice

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11
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Who the colonial region was known for its diverse population or Germans and Scotch-Irish citizens?

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Irish and german settlers

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

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Tobacco

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13
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What was the main cash crop in South Carolina and Georgia?

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Rice

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14
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Why did rice and tobacco have in common?(why slaves used to harvest them)

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Both of these crops were very labor intensive so slavery increased on theses large farms

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15
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What is supply and demand?

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Controls the price of crops

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16
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What were the strict rules governing the behavior and punishment of slaves in the colonies?

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Whipped ,hanged or burned to death

17
Q

How did England view the colonies economically?

A

Enomic resource

18
Q

How do you make money on trade?

A

Export more than you import

19
Q

What was important about the navigation acts?

A

Ensured that England made money off of conbnicil trade by restricting trade

20
Q

What established a limited government in the 13th century and inspired the US constitution?

A

The Magna Carta

21
Q

Who was allowed to vote in the mid 1700’s in the colonies?

A

White men who owned property vote but not all free men could vote

22
Q

What was religious revival the swept through the colonies?

A

The great awakening

23
Q

What was the establishment?

A

Beliefs that knowledge,science,and reasons could improve society

24
Q

What was the name of the book Benjamin Franklin wrote after being inspired by the Enlightenment?

A

Poor Richards Almanack

25
Q

Who was the newspaper publisher that charged with a crime for accusing the government of New York being corrupt?

A

John Peter Zenger

26
Q

The John Peter Zenger trial dealt with what personal liberty?

A

Freedom of the press

27
Q

Where is the land area that the British and French fought over because of the fur trade?

A

Ohio River Valley

28
Q

What was the most powerful group of Native Americans in the East?

A

Iroquois Confederacy

29
Q

Who was sent to tell the French to leave the Ohio River Valley and struck the first blow against the French?

A

George Washington

30
Q

What is militia?

A

A group of citizens trained to fight in emergencies

31
Q

What did Albany plan of Union want to do?

A

Called for one general gov’t for the 13 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?

A

Join or die

33
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What was the name of the war between French and British in Europe?

A

French and Indian war

34
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What is the name of the fort that Cherokee burned down in TN today?

A

Fort Loudon

35
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WHat was 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 1763 do?

A

Ends the f&i war and is the end power in North America for the French

37
Q

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

A

Pontic

38
Q

Hat did the proclamation of 1763 do?

A

Halted western expansion by the settlers west of the Appalachian mountains to appease the NA’s

39
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Why were many colonies upset over the proclamation?

A

Some of them had already bought land west of the Appalachian mountains and now Britain would ignore their claims

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