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Chapter 4 Flashcards

1
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What was the main economic activity in all colonies?

A

Farming

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2
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What is subsistence farming?

A

Producing enough to meet the needs of the family

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3
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What is commercial agriculture?

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Is when larger amounts of crops are produced to make a profit

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4
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Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?

A

Long winters and thin soil

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5
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What were the two main industries of the New England colonies?

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Shipbuilding and fishing

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6
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What is the triangular trade?

A

A trading rout that is between 3 different destinations

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

A

The middle passage

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

A

New England

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9
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What is a cash crop?

A

Crops that could be sold in markets

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

A

Wheat and oats

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

A

Middle colonies

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

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Tobacco

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

A

Rice

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

A

We’re very labor intensive

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15
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What is supply and demand?

A

Controls the supply and demand

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16
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What were the strict rules governing the behavior and punishment of slaves in the colonies?

A

Slavs codes

17
Q

How did England view the colonies economically?

A

Economic resource

18
Q

How do you make money on trade?

A

You have to export more than you import

19
Q

What was important about the Navigation Acts?

A

Ensured that England made money

20
Q

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

A

Magna Carta

21
Q

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

A

White men

22
Q

What was the religious revival that swept through the colonies?

A

The great awakening

23
Q

What was the Enlightenment?

A

Belief that knowledge science and reason could improve society

24
Q

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

A

Poor Richards almanack

25
Q

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

26
Q

The John Peter Zenger Trial dealt with what personal liberty?

A

.?

27
Q

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

A

Ohio river valley

28
Q

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

A

Iroquois confederacy

29
Q

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
Q

What is a militia?

A

A group of citizens trained to fight in emergencies

31
Q

What did the Albany Plan of Union want to do?

A

They wanted one general governor for the 13th colonies

32
Q

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

A

“Join or die”

33
Q

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

A

Seven years war

34
Q

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

A

Fort loudoun

35
Q

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

A

The treaty of Paris

36
Q

What did the Treaty of Paris 1763 do?

A

It ended the war

37
Q

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

A

Pontiac

38
Q

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

A

Which halted the western expansion by the settlers west of the Appalachian mountains to appease the NAs

39
Q

Why were many colonists upset over the Proclamation of 1763?

A

Some of them already bought land west of the Appalachian and now Britain would ignore their claims

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