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What is subsistence farming?

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Producing enough to meet the needs of the family

1
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What was the main economic activity in all colonies?

A

Farming

2
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What is commercial agriculture?

A

When larger crops are produced to make a profit

3
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Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?

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Because their farms were smaller than those in the South

4
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What were the two main industries of the New England colonies?

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Ship building and fishing

5
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What is the triangular trade?

A

Sugar and molasses from the West Indies to NE
Rum to west Africa
Molasses turned to rum from NE to west Africa and Europe

6
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What were the main items traded in the Triangular Trade?

A

Sugar and molasses

7
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What was the name of the slave transporting leg of the Triangular Trade?

A

Middle passage

8
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Where was the hub of the shipping trade in America?

A

New England

9
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What is a cash crop?

A

Crops that could be sold in markets

10
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What were the two main cash crops of the Middle Colonies?

A

Wheats and oats

11
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Which colonial region was known for its diverse population of German and Scotch-Irish citizens?

A

Diverse population

12
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What was the main cash crop in Virginia and Maryland?

A

Tobacco

13
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What was the main cash crop in Georgia and South Carolina?

A

Rice

14
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What did rice and tobacco have in common (why slaves were used to harvest them)?

A

They’re labor intensive crops

15
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What is supply and demand?

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Controls prices of crops

16
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What is the region of the Southern colonies where the plantations resided?

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The tidewater area

17
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What were the strict rules governing the behavior and punishment of slaves in the colonies?

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Slave codes

18
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How did England view the colonies economically?

A

Economic resource

19
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How do you make money on trade?

A

Export more than you import

20
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What were the Navigation Acts?

A

They restrict trade and ensure they make money

21
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What established a limited government in the 13th century and inspired the US Constitution?

A

The Magna Carta

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

A

White men who owned property

23
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What was the religious revival that swept through the colonies?

A

The great awakening

24
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What was the Enlightenment?

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Belief that knowledge, science, and reason could improve society

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

A

Poor Richards Almanack

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

A

John Peter Zenger

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

A

Ohio river valley

28
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What was the most powerful group of Native Americans in the East?

A

Iroquas confederacy

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

A

George Washington

30
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What is a militia?

A

A group of citizens trained to fight in emergencies

31
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What did the Albany Plan of Union want to do?

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They called for one general government for the 13 colonies

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

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Join or die

33
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What was the name of the war between the French and British in Europe?

A

The seven year war

34
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What is the name of the fort that the Cherokee burned down in modern day Tennessee?

A

Fort Loudoun

35
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Who oversaw the colonial war effort in London and was the cause of the British turnaround?

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William Pitt

36
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What was the most important victory for the British in the F&I War?

A

The battle of Quebec

37
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What did the Treaty of Paris 1763 do?

A

It ended the F&I war

38
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Who was the Ottawa chief who believed the British were threatening their way of life?

A

Pontiac

39
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What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

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It halted western expansion by the settlers west of the Appalachian mountains to oppease the NA’s