Settler Colonies in North America Flashcards
1
Q
Where?
A
The Northern British colonies of New England. These lands the British acquired were regarded in Europe as the unpromising leftovers of the New World because they were not fit for cash crop production
2
Q
Male authority
A
men became independent heads of family farms
3
Q
laborers in north america british colonies
A
most land was owned by nobles and worked by servants, tenants, and paid laborers but slave labor was not needed in an agricultural economy dominated by small-scale independent farmers
4
Q
Settler colonies lacked…
A
the presence of indigenous, African, or multi-racial people
5
Q
gender inequality
A
woman’s only role was to be her husbands wife
