Vocabulary
This economic idea was popular in the 1600s and 1700s. It supported the idea that countries benefited from trade when they exported more than they imported.
Mercantilism
Using the map on p. 139, Massachusetts and New Hampshire are part of what colony?
New England
Which British leader said this during the French and Indian War? "It is quite manifest to every person who has had an opportunity of experiencing the advantage of Indian services that the friendship and assistance of the Cherokees are well worth cultivating.”
George Washington
True or False: The enslaved Africans in the northern colonies performed a variety of jobs in the city or country.
True
These structures were usually the largest buildings in town. Government decisions and actions were decided (votes on) at town meetings.
Meetinghouse
If the New England Colonies have rocky soil and port cities, the Middle Colonies have rich soil and port cities, and the Southern Colonies have rich soil and a few port cities: Which 2 of these areas would focus on shipping, fishing and shipbuilding?
New England and Middle Colonies
Who controlled the Ohio River Valley at the end of the French and Indian War?
British
True or False: One example of how enslaved Africans resisted slavery is that they used songs to send secret messages to other enslaved Africans.
True
This represented the town and was made up of a governor and 22 representatives. (People in town voted for these representatives)
House of Burgesses
Because of it's rocky soil and cold winters the New England colonies did shipping, shipbuilding, whale hunting, and trade. Would it be true to say that their economy was centered around farming?
Not true
What gave Europeans a better advantage in conflicts with American Indian groups?
They had better weapons
Cotton and rice were cash crops grown in which colony?
Southern Colony
A crop that a farmer raises only to sell.
Cash Crop
Using the map on p. 169, which of these native people were already living in the colonies before the colonists came: Choctaws, Powhatan, Algonquins, or Chippewas?
Powhatan
Were these causes or effects of the French and Indian War: competition for land and broken agreements with American Indians
Causes
Using the map on p. 151, name 6 goods that traveled east during Triangular Trade.
timber, grain, tobacco, rice, rum, iron products
Someone who agrees to work without pay for someone else for a set time.
Indentured Servant
Describe the relationship that the Powhatan had with the colonists.
At first friendly, the colonists learned from the Powhatan. The colonists continued to take land/food from the Powhatan. The Powhatan did not like this and soon it led to conflict.
Were these causes or effects of the French and Indian War: Pontiac attack on the British and Proclamation of 1776
Effects
What is the main idea of this passage: The lower class in colonial society was made up of indentured servants, fishermen, farmers, apprentices, and other groups that did not own property or businesses. Children in the lower class often performed many chores. They helped on the farm or in the family trade. When children were old enough, they would begin to work to help support their families. Some became apprentices to learn a trade. Others worked as domestic servants. Enslaved Africans were not part of any of the three classes in colonial society.
The lower class in colonial society was made up of different kinds of workers, but enslaved Africans were not part of any class.