History Unit 1 Section 4 Flashcards
Characteristics of New England
Cold winters
Short growing season
Livestock, wheat, rye and corn were mostly for personal use
Economics in colonies
Mostly farmers, there were small cities
Trade was focused on with England out of Boston, NY, CHARLESTON
What were the main exports of New England
Lumber and cod
Characteristics of middle colonies
Better climate
Better wheat production
Trade was out of NY and Philly
Southern Colonies
Warm climate
Profitable crops–>tobacco
Major cities–Charleston, South Carolina
Women in colonies
Many more in NE than other places
The men held the power
Held domestic roles
What were the legal restrictions of women
Cannot: Hold public office Serve on a jury Own property Vote
Factors of Education
Better in NE (houses closer together, easier to hire a teacher)
Driven by religion
Education in the south
Mostly home schooled
Weather were sent to NE
Great Awakening
A 1720s-1740s movement led by Jonathon Edwards that resulted in a renewed sense of religion and a growth in church membership
Why was the Great Awakening significant
Freedom to chose religion questioned people why can’t they choose their own government and it led to the American Revolution
When did the French and Indian war occur
1756-1763
What were the powers at the French and Indian war
England, France, Spain, Netherlands
What happens sometimes with European conflicts
Spill into North America
What was the war over
Fighting over territory
Why do Indians like the colonists fighting
The benefit, receive briberies (guns, gifts)
Don’t want anyone to win total victory so they are still able to have some control
What did the French do to anger the British and why did they do it
Built forts in the Ohio river valley to:
Connect Canada and Louisiana
And stop GB expansion
How do the English colonists attempt to cease the expansion
Small skirmishes from 1754-1756
Declaring war in 1756
How did the natives play a role
Most sided with the French to try to take back land, because England had more numbers
Who was George Washington and what was his military experience
Decorated soldier in the English army
Leads attack on Ft Duquesne
Learns lessons later used in revolution
Who won and when
British seized Quebec in 1759, won N American war
When was the treaty of Paris created
1763
What did the British gain
Canada, Ohio, Florida, French expelled from NA
When did Pontiacs rebellion occur
1763
What happens during Pontiacs rebellion
British and NA relationships deteriorate
Settlers take native land
Native uprisings
Jeffrey Amherst
English soldier fighting against Pontiac recommends biological warfare (smallpox)
When do natives attack at the rebellion
New forts in Ohio river valley, hope to weaken GB but this is squashed.
