The Colonial Era

Question 0

What is a cash crop?

Answer 0

Things sold for profit, but not to eat

Tobacco, cotton, indigo

Question 1

What were the 3 regions of the Colonial Era and what were their Regional Identities?

Answer 1

1. New England Colonies -
   Shipbuilding and Commerce
2. Middle Colonies -
   Farming and Commerce
3. Southern Colonies -
   Tobacco and Cotton (wanted slaves for production)

Question 2

What was the first permanent British settlement in the Americas? Founded by who?

Answer 2

Jamestown, Virginia (1607)

Founded by London Company - Merchants

Question 3

Which settlement failed before Jamestown?

Answer 3

Raleigh

Question 4

Who established the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

Answer 4

Puritans

Separatists who wanted to break away from the church

and establish their own pure church
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Question 5

The Original Pilgrims that we think of what were apart of what colony?

Answer 5

Plymouth Colony

Question 6

What places the Massachusetts Bay Colony end up spreading to?

Answer 6

New Hampshire
Connecticut
Rhode Island

Question 7

Colonies in New York were originally set up by whom?

Answer 7

The Dutch

Question 8

Colonies in New York were given to whom?

Answer 8

Duke of York -

brother of King Charles II (king of England at the time)

Question 9

What did New York City used to be called?

Answer 9

New Amsterdam

Question 10

The area of Pennsylvania was founded by whom?

Answer 10

Quakers - farming and religious group

Question 11

Why was Rhode Island founded?

Answer 11

To have more religious freedom

Question 12

What were some of the reasons other colonies were founded?

Answer 12

1. Purely economic

2. Political reasons (who could backed the Royal Crown and was given a charter)

Question 13

When was the French and Indian War fought?

Answer 13

Colonial Era

Question 14

What happened as a result of the British winning the French and Indian War?

Answer 14

The British acquired substantial new land holdings,

but also acquired serious debt - nearly doubled

and problems of controlling this new large territory

Question 15

The French and Indian War was an extension of what war?

Answer 15

Seven Years War - which was being fought in Europe between the British and the French

Question 16

Who was on the side of the French, in the French and Indian War and Seven Years War?

Answer 16

Spanish & Native Americans

Question 17

What new land did the British acquire?

Answer 17

1. All of what is now Canada
2. All of French territory east of the Mississippi River (other than New Orleans)
3. Florida (held by Spanish - ceded as a spoil of war)

Question 18

Who originally held the Louisiana Territory?

Answer 18

1. Spanish
2. French-owned for a short period of time
3. United States (Louisiana Purchase)

Question 19

With the newly acquired debt from the French and Indian War, what did the British attempt to do in order to regain funds?

Answer 19

Tax the US colonies

Question 20

What did the British attempt to do with “quartering”??

Answer 20

The British sent out many soldiers to patrol and control the US and asked the colonists to house or “quarter” the soldiers

Question 21

What rules did the British make about expansion?

Answer 21

They did not want the colonists to expand out to the West

Question 22

What the British need to closely monitor after the victory in the French and Indian War?

Answer 22

Their treaties with Native Americans in their newly acquired territories

In turn

They prohibited Westward Expansion by the colonists in order to keep peace with the Native Americans

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Question 23

What are some factors that lead up to the American Revolution?

Answer 23

1. Quartering - forced housing of soldiers
2. No westward expansion - to keep peace with Native Americans

These things spread British resources thin