History Ch. 3

Question 1

The wave of immigrants that came to the new world in the 1700’s was called the ____ ____.

Answer 1

Great Migration

Question 2

Once settled here, the population in the New World began to increase due to people getting married and starting families, this was called ____ ____.

Answer 2

Natural Increase

Question 3

As more and more people started settling in the new world, they started to expand _____.

Answer 3

Quickly

Question 4

Most of the settlers that came from America were from _____.

Answer 4

England

Question 5

English customs, language, and style of _____ influenced all of the colonies.

Answer 5

Government

Question 6

The Germans that came to the new world were encouraged to settle in _____.

Answer 6

Pennsylvania

Question 7

Most of the Germans were _____ who came to America for religious freedom.

Answer 7

Lutherans

Question 8

The second largest group of immigrants were the _____-_____.

Answer 8

Scots-Irish

Question 9

They settled in the backcountry of the _____ & _____.

Answer 9

Carolina’s & Georgia

Question 10

By 1760, Africans made up _____% of the population of South Carolina.

Answer 10

60

Question 11

Africans lacked a _____ voice. That other immigrants had in this country.

Answer 11

Representative

Question 12

Explain why slavery became so prevalent in the south. Was the south a slave society or a society with slaves. Defend your position.

Answer 12

The South based it’s economy in cash crops. The more crops, the more money they got. The south was a…

Question 13

Explain what the middle passage was.

Answer 13

The middle passage was the middle part of the trade ship’s route around the Atlantic ocean. British slave traders arrived on the Atlantic coast (west) of Africa, they bought African slaves from other Africans.

Question 14

What were some of the conditions African’s faces during this journey?

Answer 14

The living conditions were crowded. They sometimes had to sleep on top of one another, lay in theirs/other people’s feces/urine, it was unsanitary..lacked clean air…people had diseases and if they did, they would be told to jump off or the ship.

Question 15

As populations grew, settlers spread out west, the _____ mountains formed the western border to the colonies.

Answer 15

Appalachian

Question 16

The _____ was the undeveloped area at the edge of the settled areas - it was also called the _____.

Answer 16

Backcountry

Question 17

Settlers followed _____ inland to be able to send their crops to the markets on the coast.

Answer 17

Rivers

Question 18

The north-south highway that ran along the base of the Appalachian mountains was called the _____ _____ _____ due to the wagons that were used at the time to transport people and goods.

Answer 18

Great Wagon Road

Question 19

Once colonists figured out how not to die they started producing extra goods they could sell and a ____ network developed.

Answer 19

Trade

Question 20

Most people that came to the new world were _____ and they had to grow food to feed their families.

Answer 20

Farmers

Question 21

People who could raise just enough crops and livestock to provide for their families were called _____ farmers.

Answer 21

Subsistence

Question 22

Describe why it was hard to farm in the New England colonies…what did they have in those colonies as a way to make money?

Answer 22

The land had hills and low mountains and lacked flat farmland and fertile/abundant soil. They made their money by fishing, whaling, providing timber for the ship building industry, and supplied ships for England.

Question 23

The middle colonies were called the _____ colonies due to the fact that they produced cereal grains.

Answer 23

Bread

Question 24

They also began exporting _____ due to the good pastures in those colonies.

Answer 24

Livestock

Question 25

Settlers in the western part of the middle colonies trapped _____ for their _____ which they traded with the _____ for more furs.

Answer 25

Animals
Furs
Indians

Question 26

Albany, New York became an early _____ center.

Answer 26

Fur-trade

Question 27

What was the primary activity in the South?

Answer 27

Agriculture

Question 28

What sort of crops did they grow in the South?

Answer 28

Corn
Tobacco
Rice
Indigo

Question 29

What were “plantations”?

Answer 29

Large farms

Question 30

Describe the triangular trade-route? Who were the 3 countries involved?

Answer 30

A trade network which was shaped as a triangle…North America, England, & Africa

Question 31

Africa sent _____ to America. America sent ___, ___, ___, etc.

Answer 31

Slaves

Iron, textiles, rum, etc

Question 32

Africa sent ___, ___, ___ etc. to England.

Answer 32

Gold, ivory, spices, etc.

Question 33

England sent _____ _____ to Africa.

Answer 33

Manufactured goods

Question 34

America sent _____ _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, etc. to England.

Answer 34

Whale oil, lumber, furs, rum, rice, etc.

Question 35

England sent _____ _____ to America.

Answer 35

Manufactured goods

Question 36

As the colonists became more spread out there started pushing _____ out of their land.

Answer 36

Indians

Question 37

While the Indians believed land should be _____, the Europeans did not share land.

Answer 37

Shared

Question 38

The Indians were afraid of the numbers of Europeans and the _____ that they used.

Answer 38

Weapons

Question 39

What were some of the other motives Europeans had of converting Indians to Christianity?

Answer 39

• Concerned for their souls
• They thought God’s instruction said that the Indians should subdue the earth
• They believed that if the Indians were converted they would be more like the Europeans and be able to be controlled and America would become a safe country.

Question 40

Puritan minister _____ _____ printed the first Bible in the new world - it was in the language of the _____ Indians.

Answer 40

John Eliot

Algonquin

Question 41

Indians who became Christians moved to _____ towns to learn about the bible and the European way of life.

Answer 41

Praying

Question 42

_____ Rebellion started as a conflict with the Indians and ended with a conflict along the settlers. This was the first time English colonies attempted to take rule of the colonies from the _____’s monarchy.

Answer 42

Virginia’s

Question 43

Explain the differences between governors and the legislature in the early colonies - How did the legislature help keep the governor in line?

Answer 43

Governor: veto laws, regulated land grants, command local army (militia)

Legislature: over the governor. “Power of the purse”, paid governor’s salary, & financed governor’s activities.

Legislature kept governor in line by being able to refuse paying for programs and his salary as well.

Question 44

What type of taxes did the citizens pay?

Answer 44

Property tax/poll tax

Question 45

What did the taxes go towards?

Answer 45

The colonial government’s income

Question 46

A free, adult, white male property owner was called an____.

Answer 46

Freeholder

Question 47

The _____ was the basic unit of government in New England and they held _____ _____ meetings where everyone had a day and could vote in issues involving the colony.

Answer 47

Township

Town meeting

Question 48

What became the most prominent shipping center in the trading center (they imported slaves):

Answer 48

Boston