Colonial Ecology Flashcards
Cash Crop
Crop that can be easily sold in local and overseas markets
Diversity
People from different ethnic groups
Triangular trade
A trade route between Europe, west Africa, and America.
What was the effect on families in New England due to its poor rocky soil?
Made farming difficult families only grew what they needed (no big farms)
How was New England’s businesses?
Many small businesses
What did they use water power for?
To run mills for grinding grain or sawing lumber
New England’s most important businesses were?
Ship building and fishing
The arrival of Europeans in America created a need for?
Slaves to work in plantations
How did slaves come to America?
Slaves came on a ship to America from the route from west Africa to America called the middle passage
Slaves were sold on the market to?
Plantation owners who hired overseers to keep the slaves working
What would happen if slaves didn’t follow slave code?
They would be punished such as burned whipped or hung depending on how severe
What if slaves started a business
If a slave learned trades such as black smithing or carpentry they could set up a shop but share half the profit with their slave owner
How did slave owners see slaves?
The saw slaves as property not human beings.
Middle colonies had better farms, why?
Middle colonies had fertile soil and a better climate so farmers could produce a bigger harvest.
What are the two biggest ports and largest cities
Philly and NYC
