Chpt 4- 8th Grade Flashcards
List southern colonies
Virginia north and South Carolina Georgia and Maryland
List middle colonies
Pennsylvania ny Delaware and nj
West Indies islands like __ _____
St Thomas
Population in 1760?
1.5 million
Population in 1775?
2.5 million
Scots Irish from _____
Northern Iceland
Germans were _____ and Amish
Moravian
French Protestants ______
Huguenots
90% were _____ 19% were _____
Farmers
Slaves
Largest city?
Philly
2nd largest city?
Boston and ny
3rd largest city?
Charlestown
Essay about trade routes?
New England would send rum to Africa, and Africa would trade the rum for slaves, then the slaves would to to the West Indies and the West Indies would trade for molasses and they would send the molasses to NE
Merchantilism was ???
Colonies exist for benifitting England
Recreation in new world?
Quilting bees, corn husking, barn raising, weddings, fishing, elections etc
1760 Boone establishes ______________
Wilderness road though Cumberland gap
Boone was born in _____
Exeter
Benjamin rush was ____
Doctor
Ben Franklin was _____
Inventor
Harvard was in _____ established in year of ____
MA
1636
Franklin establishes what college
Philadelphia academy
1/3 of england could ____
Read and write
_____ or colonies could read and write
2/3
Poor Richards almanac?
Proverbs meteorology and astrology