Chapter 4

Question 1

What was the main economic activity in all colonies

Answer 1

Trade

Question 2

What is subsistence farming

Answer 2

the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families.He

Question 3

What is commercial agricultural

Answer 3

commercial agriculture the producer is farming with intent to sell some

Question 4

Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming

Answer 4

because of the harsh winters which lead to a short growing season and rocky soil

Question 5

What were the two main industries of the New England colonies

Answer 5

Ship building and fishing

Question 6

What is the triangular trade

Answer 6

England to Africa
Africa to the Americas
The Americas back to England
For goods

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 could be sold in the markets

Question 10

What were the two main cash crops of the Middle Colonies

Answer 10

Tobacco and rice

Question 11

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

Answer 11

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

Tobacco

Question 14

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

Answer 14

They are both cash crops and every farmer has them so they can get more money

Question 15

What is supply and demand

Answer 15

It controls the prices of things

Question 16

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

Answer 16

The slave codes

Question 17

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

Answer 17

A way to make money

Question 18

How do you make money on trade?

Answer 18

Trade items that are needed on other parts of land

Question 19

What was important about the Navigation Acts

Answer 19

It ensured that England made money off of colonial trade by restricting trade

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Magna Carta

Question 21

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

Answer 21

White men who owned land

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

Age of Reason

Question 24

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

Answer 24

The Ohio river valley

Question 25

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

Answer 25

S

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Benjamin Franklin

Question 27

What is militia

Answer 27

A group of citizens trained to fight in emergencies

Question 28

What did the Albany Plan of Union want to do

Answer 28

Help defend the colonies from the French

Question 29

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

Answer 29

"Join or Die"

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Fort loudoun

Question 31

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

Answer 31

The battle of Quebec

Question 32

What did the Treaty of Paris 1763 do

Answer 32

Ends the F and I war and is the end of power in North America for the French

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Pontiac

Question 34

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do

Answer 34

Made a land for only the NA but they just finished fighting a war to stay in the land that they are in

Question 35

Why were many colonists upset over the Proclamation of 1763

Answer 35

they just finished fighting a war to stay in the land that they are in