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1
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What was the main economic activity in all colonies?

A

Farming

2
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What is subsistence farming?

A

Producing enough to meet the needs of the families.

3
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What is commercial agriculture?

A

Its when larger amounts of crops are produced to make a profit.

4
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Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?

A

Long winters and thin soil

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

A

Shipbuilding

6
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What is the triangular trade?

A

A system in which slaves,crops, and manufactured goods were traded between Africa, the Caribbean, and the American colonies.

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

A

The 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 easily in the markets in the colonies and overseas.

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

A

Wheat and oats

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

A

Middle colonies

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

That it is very labor intensive

15
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What is supply and demand?

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Supply and demand controls the prices of crops.

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

A

Slave Codes

17
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How did England view the colonies economically?

A
  • Viewed the colonies as an economic resource.

- A way to make money.

18
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How do you make money on trade?

A

To make money in trade, you must export more than you import.

19
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What was important about the Navigation Acts?

A

It ensure that England made money off of colonial trade by restricting trade.

20
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What established a limited government in the 13th century and inspired the US Constitution?

A

The Manga Carta

21
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Who was allowed to vote in the mid 1700’s in the colonies?

A

White men who owned property could vote, but not all free men could vote.

22
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What was the religious revival that swept through the colonies?

A

The Great Awakening

23
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What was the Enlightenment?

A

Belief that knowledge, science, and reason could improve society.

24
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What was the name of the book Benjamin Franklin wrote after being inspired by the Enlightenment?

A

Poor Richards almanacs

25
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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

26
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The John Peter Zenger Trial dealt with what personal liberty?

A

Freedom of the press

27
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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

Iroquois Confederacy

29
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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?

A

To help the colonies defend themselves from the French.

32
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What was the name of the political cartoon that encouraged the colonies to approve the Albany Plan of Union?

A

“Join or Die”

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

A

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

A

The Battle of Quebec

36
Q

What did the Treaty of Paris 1763 do?

A

Is the end of power in North America for the French.

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

It halted western expansion by the settlers west of the Appalachian Mountains to appease the NA’s.

39
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Why were many colonists upset over the Proclamation of 1763?

A

Some of them had already bought land west of the Appalachians and now Britain would ignore their claims.