Chapter 4

Question 1

What was the main economic activity in all colonies?

Answer 1

Farming

Question 2

What is subsistence farming?

Answer 2

Farming mostly for the family not to sell.

Question 3

What is commercial agriculture?

Answer 3

Growing crops to sell

Question 4

Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?

Answer 4

The subsistence farmers were more common in New England because of the harsh winters which lead to a short growing season.

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Shipbuilding and fishing

Question 6

What is the triangular trade

Answer 6

shipping goods from Britain to West Africa to be exchanged for slaves, these slaves being shipped to the West Indies and exchanged for sugar, rum, and other commodities, which were in turn shipped back to Britain.

Question 7

Where was the hub of the shipping trade in America?

Answer 7

New England

Question 8

What is a cash crop?

Answer 8

a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Wheat and oats

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Southern colonies

Question 11

What was the main cash crop in Virginia and Maryland?

Answer 11

Tobacco

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Indigo and rice

Question 13

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

Answer 13

It was very hard labor that took time to get.

Question 14

What is supply and demand?

Answer 14

If the supply is really wanted prices go up if not it goes down.

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Slave codes

Question 16

How did England view the colonies economically?

Answer 16

England view them as money makers.

Question 17

How do you make money on trade?

Answer 17

The more you trade the more money you get

Question 18

What was important about the Navigation Acts?

Answer 18

People could only trade with the British

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Magna Carta

Question 20

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

Answer 20

White males that owned land and were educated

Question 21

What was the religious revival that swept through the colonies?

Answer 21

The great awakening

Question 22

What was the Enlightenment?

Answer 22

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

Question 23

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

Answer 23

John Peter Zenger

Question 24

The John Peter Zenger Trial dealt with what personal liberty?

Answer 24

Freedom of press

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Ohio valley

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Iroquois

Question 27

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

Answer 27

George Washington

Question 28

What was the militia?

Answer 28

A group of citizens trained to fight in emergencies

Question 29

What did the Albany Plan of Union want to do?

Answer 29

Called for one general government for the 13 colonies

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Join or die

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Seven years war

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Fort loudoun

Question 33

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

Answer 33

The battle of Quebec

Question 34

What did the Treaty of Paris 1763 do?

Answer 34

Ends of the power of the French in North America

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Pontiac

Question 36

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

Answer 36

Halted the settlers west

Question 37

Why were many colonists upset over the Proclamation of 1763?

Answer 37

People already had bought land there but were forced out.

Question 38

What was the name of the slave transporting leg of the triangular trade?

Answer 38

Middle passage

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Poor Richards Almanck