Ch. 4 Soc. Review Flashcards
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What are staple crops?
Crops that are always on high demand, especially grains.
What are cash crops?
Crops grown for sale and exporting.
What is substistence farming?
Crops that are only grown for the family and NOT for sale.
What occupations formed the main economy of new England?
Fishing, whaling, shipbuilding, and trade,
What is export?
Products grown or made to sell to other countries.
What is the French and Indian war?
The French and the British fought this war for control of North America.although victorious, the war nearly made Britain go bankrupt.
What are the navigation acts?
The set of laws regulating trade between Britain and the American colonies.
What is Parliament?
The legislature of Great Britain.
What land did the French and British fight over in the French and Indian war?
The Ohio river valley, and the French territory west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What was the Treaty of Paris 1763?
The treaty that ended the French and Indian war.
What land did the French lose to the British?
All the land east of the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River became the new border of British territory in North America.
Why did Britain tax the American Colonies?
To pay off the debts from winning the French and Indian war.
Why did the colonies believe Britain had no right to tax them.
Because Britain didn’t show any taxation without representation.
What laws told the colonist who to sell their raw materials to?
The Navigation Acts
What is CONSENT?
To agree or to allow
What is Merchatilism?
The system stated that political power comes from importing more than you export, or having a good trade.
What caused France to have no more land in North America?
The Treaty of Paris.
What is a favorable balance of trade?
Importing more than you export.
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
The unpopular and widely ignored British law that prohibited colonist from settling in lands west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What are two benefits that colonies serve in Merchatilism?
Colonies are useful as sources of raw materials and as markets for finished goods.
What is the triangular trade?
Trade routes connecting Africa, England, and the New World.
What is the Middle Passage?
The ocean voyage of Africans kidnapped into slavery.
What is a plantation?
Large southern farms that usually were ran by slavery.
What is absolute monarchy?
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