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This was the primary economic activity of both the Dutch and the French.
What is the fur trade?
Cool climate with four seasons. Irregular coastline (good for ports and trade). Rocky, less fertile soil (limited large-scale farming).
What are the New England Colonies?
Laws designed to control the behavior and actions of enslaved people.
What are Slave Codes?
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New farming techniques that led to a population explosion was casued this revolution.
This is the largest continent on Earth by land area.
What is Asia?
A Spanish conqueror who took control of indigenous lands is called this?
What is a conquisador?
Known as the “Breadbasket Colonies” for producing cereal crops (wheat, corn, oats).
What are the Middle Colonies?
The brutal sea journey that transported enslaved Africans to the American colonies.
What is the Middle Passage?
Invented by James Hargreaves, this machine revolutionized the textile industry by spinning multiple threads at once, speeding up production.
What is the Spinning Jenny?
This planet is known as the “Red Planet” because of its reddish appearance.
What is Mars?
A devastating disease brought by Europeans that killed large numbers of Native Americans.
What is Smallpox?
Plantation system based on cash crops (tobacco, rice, indigo) and large-scale agriculture dependent on slave labor.
What are the southern Colonies?
Actions enslaved people took like working slowly, breaking tools, and faking illness are this form of resistance.
What is passive resistance?
Improved by James Watt, this powered trains, boats, and factories, greatly increasing productivity and transportation efficiency.
What is the the Steam Engine?
This U.S. document, signed in 1776, declared independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
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Spanish system of forced labor and land control over Native Americans.
Crops grown for money are called this.
What are cash crops?
A form of slavery where individuals are treated as property and their children are automatically enslaved.
What is Chattel Slavery?
A key natural resource in Britain that powered steam engines and factories.
What is coal?
This author wrote the Harry Potter book series.
Who is J.K. Rowling?
The term ____________________ refers to people of mixed French and Native American ancestry.
What is Métis?
Many workers came to the colonies by signing contracts agreeing to work for several years in exchange for passage and land.
What are indentured servants?
The rebellion that contributed to the decline of indentured servitude was called this.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
This is how did Britain’s geography contributed to the success of the Industrial Revolution.
What is its navigable rivers, canals, and coastline made transportation cheaper and easier?
This superhero is also known as Bruce Wayne.
Who is Batman?