Social Studies Quiz Flashcards
Similarites and differences between enslaved people and indentured servants
They both had to work for masters
Indentured servants could pay off their debt
What were the Intolerable Acts
They were 4 acts passed by Parliament which punished Mass and said no ships could go in the Boston Port.
Explain the Triangular Trade
A route shaped like a triangle that carried enslaved people. New England would bring supplies to Africa for the first part of the trade then bring enslaved people back.
Who was equal in America
White people were equal while women and any other ethnicity were not
What were some reasons America wanted to seperate from Britian
They didn’t believe Parliment had the right to make laws
The book Common Sense convinced them
They also didn’t want to be hung as tratiors
