Chapter 4✏️ Flashcards
What is subsistence farming?
Is producing enough to meet the needs of the family
What was the main economic activity in all colonies?
Farming
What is commercial agriculture?
When larger amounts of crops are produced to make a profit
Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?
Long winters and thin, rocky soil made it a difficulty to farm
What were the two main industries of the New England colonies?
Fishing and shipbuilding
What is the triangular trade?
Sugar and molasses from the West Indies to New England
Molasses is turned into rum
Rum for slaves from West Africa to the West Indies
What were the main items traded in the Triangular Trade?
Sugar, molasses, rum,and slaves
What was the name of the slave transporting leg of the Triangular Trade?
The Middle Passage
Where was the hub of the shipping trade in America?
New England
What is a cash crop?
Crops that could be sold in markets
What were the two main cash crops of the Middle Colonies?
Wheats and oats
Which colonial region was known for its diverse population of German and Scotch-Irish citizens?
The Southern Colonies
What was the main cash crop in Virginia and Maryland?
Tobacco
What was the main cash crop in Georgia and South Carolina?
Rice
What did rice and tobacco have in common (why slaves were used to harvest them)?
Both of these crops where labor intensive so slavery increases on plantations
What is supply and demand?
Supply is how much you have of a crop
Demand is how much the people want of the crop
Supply and demand control the price of the crop