Chapter 4: Slavery in the Americas
What is the practice of one person legally owning another?
Slavery
What were the original New England and Middle colonies?
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
The main difference between the colonies hung on the acronym PEGS, which stands for what?
Population, Economy, Government, Slavery
Who were priests who aimed to convert native people to Catholicism?
Jesuits
The _____ ___ of 1764 actually lowered taxes on molasses that was brought into the colonies, hoping to minimize _________.
Sugar Act, Smuggling
What were the three stops of the Triangular Trade?
Africa, the West Indies, the Americas
What were the original Southern colonies?
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
What is a legislature having two houses?
Bicameral
What is an army of amateur soldiers, put together in a time of need?
Militia
What is a protest in which people don't purchase controversial items?
Boycott
About fifteen percent of slaves died during the ______ _______ en route to the colonies.
Middle Passage
What's the difference between Puritans and Separatists?
Puritans - wanted to reform the Church of England so that it would be more pure
Separatists - wanted to start their own church from scratch
___________ _______ is producing just enough crops to survive.
Subsistence Farming
What was the first war that started in the colonies and spread to Europe?
The French and Indian War
"No ________ without ______________" became a rallying cry for Samuel Adams and a secret society called Sons of Liberty.
Taxation, Representation
Runaway slaves in Latin America were known as _______.
Maroons
Who is someone that travels to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion, and what was the name of the ship they sailed on?
Pilgrims, Mayflower
What is the legislative body of Great Britain?
Parliament
British soldiers were called ________ because of their official uniform of a bright red jacket.
Redcoats
On March 5, 1770, a minor dispute broke out between a British soldier and some Bostonians, leading to The ______ ________.
Boston Massacre
What is a migration that involves a spreading out of people from the same homeland or culture.
Diaspora
What is a group of people brought together for religious worship?
Congregation
What was a philosophical movement that emphasized human reason, scientific analysis, and individualism, and applied the laws of nature to politics and society?
The Enlightenment
The Seven Years' War formally ended in 1763 when Britain and France signed the ______ __ _____.
Treaty of Paris
What is a situation in which one company has complete control of an entire market?
Monopoly