Life In The Colonies Flashcards
Why was shipbuilding able to become an important industry in the new England colonies
It came important because it transported trade resources like fish and lumber and it gave them the opportunity to go out and explore
What is subsistence farming
It is one you farm you know for your family but a little extra to sell
What was the name given to the section of the triangular trade route where enslaved Africans were shipped to the west Indies
The middle passage
Which cities in the middle colonies became busy ports
New York City and Philadelphia
What were some of the industries of the middle colonies
Some industries including mining, carpentry, lumbering, and flour making
What were the main cash crops in Maryland Virginia South Carolina and Georgia
The main crop in Maryland and Virginia work tobacco in the main crop in South Carolina and Georgia was rice
What were slave codes
Slave codes were strict rules that define the behavior and punishment of enslaved Africans
Why did the colonies boom
Immigration, large families and it was more spread out so it’s healthier
What was included in a New England town
A meeting house plus church. farmers lived in town and farm the land surrounding the smaller farms had rocky soil and hard winters and it it was well organized
What was the most important economic activity for all of the colonies
Farming
What could women make to earn extra money
Cloth garments candles and soaps
What’s in most towns have
Blacksmiths shoemakers furniture makers
What was new England known for in the economic section
Shipbuilding lumber and fishing
When did colonial whaling begin
1644
How did colonists catch whales
They went out and small boats with harpoons and followed the whale then when the Whale tired they Lance them and towed them to shore
What did they use whale for
They use the blubber as oil in lamps
What was New England Eye Center of
Shipping
What was the triangular trade
The trade routes that made a triangle
What kind of things did America export to Britain
RUm, sugar, tobacco, coffee, cotton, rice
What kind of bags got imported to America
Slaves, indigo
What kind of things got imported to Africa
Copper, glassware, guns, pots, Asian silk, Manella
How did slave traders get slaves
African kingdoms sold conquer kingdoms or force them to work
What were the conditions on the slave boat
They are chained on the ground next to each other
disease spread quickly
1 to 2,000,000 died during the slave trade
some refused to eat then there whipped until they ate
What happened at landing
Surviving face slavemarket examined and prodded by plantation owners
Who was Olaudah Equiano
A slave to experience the middle passage then became educated and wrote many accounts and fought for the end of trade
What is the middle passage
Journey from Africa to West Indies
Why was it better to grow crops in the middle colonies
Climate was warmer and soil was better
What are cash crops
A large abundance of crops that could provide for the family but mainly sell for profit
What were the largest ports in the middle colonies
New York and Pennsylvania
What did they sell
Wheat
What was their industry like
Homebase craft like carpentry and flower making and lumbering and mining
What did the southern colonies have
Farming best environment for farming no industry in the crops were tobacco and rice
How do you grow rice
Damning up the field with water
What was the labor like
Hard labor knee-deep in mud and bugs
What is tidewater
Flat low-lying plains along the coast
What did tidewater have
Plantation self-contained community each had a main house slave quarters barn stables Stove rooms kitchens sometimes a chapel and school
What is back country
A region of hills and forests reaching Appalachian Mountains
What did they have
Many newcomer settled here they grew tobacco and corn worked as a family plus 1-2 slaves many more small backcountry to plantations and wealthy owners had more political influence
Where did most slaves work
Infield your houses
Who were over sears
Bosses, were hired to watch over slaves
What happened at 1705
Virginia created a slave code which is strict rules that govern the brave your punishment of enslaved Africans
What did William Wilberforce do
He fought to end slavery
