The American Colonies Take Shape (1607-1765) Chapter 3

Question 1

Indentured Servant

Answer 1

An individual who agreed to work without wages for a period of time in exchange for transportation to the colonies.

Question 2

Triangular trade

Answer 2

Three way pattern of trade that involved England, English colonies in the Americas, and West Africa.

Question 3

Phyllis Wheatley

Answer 3

Captures at age seven and sold to John Weatley. He allowed her to read, write and study. SHE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO PUBLISH A BOOK OF POEMS. She was praised by colonist for her poetry. 1773 she was granted her freedom. 1778 she married but lived in poverty.

Question 4

Olaudah Equiano

Answer 4

African American, captured at 11. Wrote a memoir. In the memoir he describes the ship and conditions of being taken to America.

Question 5

Stono Rebellion

Answer 5

1739 Large uprising in South Carolina. 100 slaves killed 20 whites before suffering the defeat and execution

Question 6

Middle Passage

Answer 6

The forced transportation of enslaved Africans from West Africa to the Americas.

Question 7

Magna Carta

Answer 7

English document from 1215 that limited the power of the king and provided basic rights for citizens.

Question 8

Parliament

Answer 8

Legislative body of the government

Question 9

Habeus Corpus

Answer 9

Constitutional guarantee that no one can be held in prison without being tried.

Question 10

Salutary Neglect

Answer 10

British policy in early 1700s which allowed the colonists virtual self-rule as ling as Great Britain was gaining economically.

Question 11

Mercantilism

Answer 11

Economic policy under which a nation accumulates wealth by exporting more goods than it imports.

Question 12

Navigation Acts

Answer 12

British trade enacted by Parliament during the mid 1700s that regulated colonial commerce

Question 13

Enlightenment

Answer 13

18 century movement during which European philosophers believed that society’s problems could be solved by reason and science.

Question 14

Benjamin Franklin

Answer 14

A successful printer. Conducted experiments and inventing things such as the lighting rod and bifocal glasses. He authored almanac books.

Question 15

Great Awakening

Answer 15

Religious movement in the English colonies during the 1730s and 1740s, which was heavily inspired by evangelical preachers.

Question 16

Staple Crop

Answer 16

Crops that are in steady demand

Question 17

Cash Crop

Answer 17

Crops grown for sale

Question 18

Dame School

Answer 18

Private elementary school during the colonial times, operated out of a woman’s home.

Question 19

George Washington

Answer 19

Led British troops to evict the French from the Ohio river valley in 1754. A young ambitious Virginian

Question 20

French Indian War

Answer 20

War fought from 1754 to 1763 in which Britain and its colonist defeated France and its Indian allies, gaining control of eastern North America.

Question 21

Treaty of Paris (1763)

Answer 21

1760 the British captured Montreal and forced the French to surrender the rest of Canada. in 1763 the treaty of Paris ended the war triumphantly for England who kept Canada, the Great Lakes region, the Ohio river valley, and Florida. They drove the French out of North America and the Mississippi river became a boarder between the Spanish and British

Question 22

Pontiac Rebellion

Answer 22

Indians tried to weaken the British and lure the French back into North America. The Indians failed

Question 23

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 23

Declaration by the British king ordering all colonists to remain East of the Appalachian Mountains

Question 24

Albany Plan of Union

Answer 24

Benjamin Franklin’s 1754 proposal to create one government for the 13 colonies.

Question 25

English Bill of Rights

Answer 25

Document signed in 1689 that guaranteed the rights of English citizens