Chapter 4

Question 0

What is subsistence farming?

Answer 0

producing enough to meet the needs of the family

Question 1

What was the main economic activity in all colonies?

Answer 1

Farming

Question 2

What is commercial agriculture?

Answer 2

Commercial agriculture is when larger amounts of crops are produced to make a profit.

Question 3

Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?

Answer 3

because of long winters and thin, rocky soil harsh winter

Question 4

What were the two main industries of the New England colonies?

Answer 4

shipbuilding and fishing.

Question 5

What is the triangular trade?

Answer 5

Trade route between three destinations

Question 6

What were the main items traded in the Triangular Trade?

Answer 6

●Sugar and molasses from West Indies to NE
●Molasses is turned into rum from NE to West Africa and Europe
●Rum for slaves from West Africa to West Indies

Question 7

What was the name of the slave transporting leg of the Triangular Trade?

Answer 7

the Middle Passage

Question 8

Where was the hub of the shipping trade in America?

Answer 8

New England

Question 9

What is a cash crop?

Answer 9

crops that could be sold in markets

Question 10

What were the two main cash crops of the Middle Colonies?

Answer 10

Wheat and oats

Question 11

Which colonial region was known for its diverse population of German and Scotch-Irish citizens?

Answer 11

The Middle Colonies

Question 12

What was the main cash crop in Virginia and Maryland?

Answer 12

Tobacco

Question 13

What was the main cash crop in Georgia and South Carolina?

Answer 13

Rice

Question 14

What did rice and tobacco have in common (why slaves were used to harvest them)?

Answer 14

●Both of these crops were very labor intensive so slavery increased on these large farms

Question 15

What is supply and demand?

Answer 15

How much of something there is and how many people want it

Question 16

What is the region of the Southern colonies where the plantations resided?

Answer 16

The Tidewater area is the plains along the seacoast where large plantations reside.

Question 17

What were the strict rules governing the behavior and punishment of slaves in the colonies?

Answer 17

Slave Codes

Question 18

How did England view the colonies economically?

Answer 18

As a crash grab

Question 19

How do you make money on trade?

Answer 19

You export more than import

Question 20

What were the Navigation Acts?

Answer 20

Laws passed by England to restrict trade

Question 21

What established a limited government in the 13th century and inspired the US Constitution?

Answer 21

The manga carta inspired the constitution

Question 22

What was the religious revival that swept through the colonies?

Answer 22

The great awakening

Question 23

What was the Enlightenment?

Answer 23

The belief that knowledge ,science,and reason could improve society

Question 24

What was the name of the book Benjamin Franklin wrote after being inspired by the Enlightenment?

Answer 24

The poor Richard's almanac

Question 25

Who was the newspaper publisher that was charged with a crime for accusing the governor of New York of being corrupt?

Answer 25

John Peter Zenger

Question 26

Where is the land area that the British and French fought over because of the fur trade?

Answer 26

The Ohio river valley

Question 27

What was the most powerful group of Native Americans in the East?

Answer 27

Iroquois Confederacy

Question 28

Who was sent to tell the French to leave the Ohio River Valley and struck the first blow against the French?

Answer 28

George Washington

Question 29

What is a militia?

Answer 29

A group of citizens trained to fight in emergencies

Question 30

What did the Albany Plan of Union want to do?

Answer 30

To help the colonies defend the colonist from the French

Question 31

What was the name of the political cartoon that encouraged the colonies to approve the Albany Plan of Union?

Answer 31

Join or die

Question 32

What was the name of the war between the French and British in Europe?

Answer 32

Seven years war

Question 33

What is the name of the fort that the Cherokee burned down in modern day Tennessee?

Answer 33

Fort Loundoun

Question 34

Who oversaw the colonial war effort in London and was the cause of the British turnaround?

Answer 34

William Pit

Question 35

What was the most important victory for the British in the F&I War?

Answer 35

The battle of Quebec

Question 36

What did the Treaty of Paris 1763 do?

Answer 36

End the French and Indian war

Question 37

Who was the Ottawa chief who believed the British were threatening their way of life?

Answer 37

Pontiac

Question 38

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

Answer 38

Halted western expansion

Question 39

Who was allowed to vote on the colonies

Answer 39

Wight Men who owned land