Chapt.4 Flashcards
(20 cards)
What is commercial agriculture?
Commercial agriculture is a large-scale production of crops for sale, intended for widespread distribution to wholesalers or retail outlets
What is subsistence farming?
the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families.
Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?
the soil of new England wasn’t very fertile so they practiced substantile farming so they could survive.
What were the two main industries of the New England colonies?
Things were made of wood, so there was a small timber and lumber industry
What is the triangular trade?
a system involving goods from three locations, each of which has a demand in one of the other
What were the main items traded in the Triangular Trade?
The New England Colonies sent fur, lumber, grain, tobacco, and whale oil
What was the name of the slave transporting leg of the Triangular Trade?
Middle Passage
What is a cash crop?
a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.
What were the two main cash crops of the Middle Colonies?
Grain and fruit
What was the main cash crop in Virginia and Maryland?
Tobacco,rice and indigo
What was the main cash crop in Georgia and South Carolina?
Indigo rice and cotton
What is supply and demand?
the amount of a commodity, product, or service available and the desire of buyers for it, considered as factors regulating its price.
How did England view the colonies economically?
The actions of the British such as the Acts of Trade and Navigation which only allowed the colonies trade with England caused resentment from the colonists towards the mother country England and heightened tensions between
How do you make money on trade?
People pay money for certain goods
What were the Navigation Acts?
a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign ships for trade between Britain and its colonies. They began in 1651 and ended 200 years later.
What established a limited government in the 13th
century and inspired the US Constitution?
Magna Carta
What was the religious revival that swept through the colonies?
The Great Awakening
Who was the newspaper publisher that was charged with a crime for accusing the governor of New York of being corrupt
John Peter Zueger
What was the most powerful group of Native Americans in the East?
The Iroquois
Who was sent to tell the French to leave the Ohio River Valley and struck the first blow against the French?
Robert Dinwiddie
