Colonial Regions & Economies
This region developed major seaport and commercial economies in cities such as New York and Philadelphia.
(What is the Middle Colonies?)
Most South Carolinians were this type of farmer who grew food mainly for their family's use
What is a subsistence farmer?
John Locke described these three natural rights.
(What are life, liberty, and property?)
Ongoing conflict between France and England, territorial disputes, and trade competition were causes of this war in North America.
What is the French & Indian War?
A crop grown mainly to be sold for profit is called this.
What is a cash crop?
The Navigation Acts required certain colonial goods to be shipped only to this country to protect its trade.
What is Britain?
This Lowcountry immigrant helped make indigo a new cash crop in South Carolina.
Who is Eliza Lucas Pinckney?
The trial and acquittal of John Peter Zenger strengthened this principle in the colonies.
(What is freedom of the press / free press?)
These were two major effects of the French and Indian War on Britain.
(What are heavy British debt and the Treaty of Paris?
Farming mainly to provide food for a family is called this.
(What is subsistence farming?)
(What are cash crops?)
The Lowcountry elite feared Backcountry representation because they thought Backcountry reps might vote to limit this institution.
(What is slavery?)
This movement emphasized moral ideas in sermons that helped encourage political change in the colonies.
What is the Great Awakening?
The French built this fort in the Ohio River Valley; the British took control of it in 1758.
(What is Fort Duquesne?)
This word means respecting or accepting differences in religion, culture, or background.
What is tolerance?
Poor soil in this region led many people to work in fishing, lumbering, and shipbuilding instead of farming.
What are the New England Colonies?
This 1739 uprising began when a group of enslaved people broke into a store and killed two settlers.
What is the Stono Rebellion?
This cultural and intellectual movement sought to improve society through education and the search for knowledge; women hosted discussions even though they had few rights.
(What is the Age of Enlightenment?)
This Native American leader led resistance that prompted British military campaigns in the Great Lakes and Ohio regions.
Who is Pontiac?
These are rights people are born with, according to Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke.
What are natural rights?
Name two cash crops grown on Southern plantations that increased the demand for enslaved labor. (What are rice and indigo? — accept tobacco as an alternative example)
(What are rice and indigo?)
The high demand for rice and indigo in the colonies created a high demand for this labor source.
What is enslaved labor?
Both the Glorious Revolution and the English Bill of Rights addressed increasing the power of this institution while limiting the monarch.
(What is the English Parliament?)
Name one British response that helped end Pontiac’s Rebellion besides military campaigns.
(What is the Treaty of Fort Niagara or a later treaty with Pontiac?)
The right to publish information and opinions without improper government control is called this.
What is free press/freedom of the press?