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

When larger amounts of crops are produced to make a profit.

Question 3

Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?

Answer 3

Long, harsh winters and thin, rocky soil

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, such as Britan, West Africa, and the West Indes.

Question 6

What were the main items traded in the Triangular Trade?

Answer 6

Sugar and Molasses – West Indies > New England
Rum – New England > West Africa
Slaves – West Africa > West Indes

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

A crop that can be sold easily in markets.

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Wheat & 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

They were both very labor intensive.

Question 15

What is supply and demand?

Answer 15

• Prices go up when there is more demand than supply

- Prices go down when there is more supply than demand

Question 16

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

Answer 16

The Tidewater Area

Question 17

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

Answer 17

The Slave Codes

Question 18

How did England view the colonies economically?

Answer 18

As an Economic Resource

Question 19

How do you make money on trade?

Answer 19

You must Export more than you Import

Question 20

What were the Navigation Acts?

Answer 20

Laws passed by England that ensure that they make money by directing the flow of goods between England and the Colonies by forcing people to use British ships

Question 21

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

Answer 21

The Magna Carta (1215)

Question 22

Who was allowed to vote in the mid 1700’s in the colonies?

Answer 22

White men who owned property.

Question 23

What was the religious revival that swept through the colonies?

Answer 23

The Great Awakening

Question 24

What was the Enlightenment?

Answer 24

Belief that knowledge, science, and reason could improve society

Question 25

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

Answer 25

"Poor Richard's Almanack"

Question 26

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

Answer 26

John Peter Zenger

Question 27

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

Answer 27

The Ohio River Valley

Question 28

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

Answer 28

The Iroquois Confederacy

Question 29

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

Answer 29

George Washington

Question 30

What is a militia?

Answer 30

A group of citizens trained to fight in emergencies

Question 31

What did the Albany Plan of Union want to do?

Answer 31

It called for a general government for the 13 colonies.

Question 32

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

Answer 32

"Join or Die"

Question 33

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

Answer 33

The "Seven Years War"

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Fort Loudon

Question 35

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

Answer 35

William Pitt

Question 36

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

Answer 36

The Battle of Quebec (New France's Capital)

Question 37

What did the Treaty of Paris 1763 do?

Answer 37

It ended the French and Indian War & Ended France's Power in North America.

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Pontiac (Pontiac's War)

Question 39

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

Answer 39

It halted western expansion west of the Appalachian Mountains by the Colonists... To Appease Native Americans