Colonial Economy
The three-part triangular trade route that ships took for slave trade.
What is The Middle Passage
A system where citizens elect officials to make decisions, pass laws, and manage the government on their behalf.
What is a representative government
Although the population was growing in the colonies, this disease brought devastation to the new world by killing 15% of the population.
What is Smallpox
This person is famous for many things, one being his science experiments during The Enlightenment.
Who is Benjamin Franklin
Competition for this land led to the French and Indian War.
What is the Ohio River Valley
Who are the Quakers
In 1689, Parliament created this to limit the ruler’s power.
What is the English Bill of Rights
A child who agreed to work with a skilled craftsperson as a way of learning a trade was called _____.
What is an apprentice
This person's arrest ultimately led to freedom of the press in America.
Who is John Peter Zenger
The British tried to form an alliance with this powerful group of people.
Who is the Iroquois Confederacy
A crop that can be sold easily in markets.
What is a Cash Crop
The belief that you have to export rather than import more goods in order to become wealthy and powerful.
What is mercantilism
Democratic ideas, practices, and values that form a truly free society.
What is Civic Virtue
This famous person led his militia to attack the French at Fort Duquesne.
Who is George Washington
The war ended with the ______ in 1763.
What is the Treaty of Paris
These people controlled the economic and political life of the southern region.
To control trade, England passed ________ that forced colonists to sell only to England and use English ships, even if better deals were available elsewhere.
What is the Navigation Acts
A European movement that emphasized reason, science, and knowledge as ways to improve society.
What is the Enlightenment
These two preachers are believed to be responsible for causing The Great Awakening.
Who are Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield
After the war, North America was in the hands of these two European powers.
What is Great Britain and Spain
It was illegal to teach slaves how to do these two things.
What is read and write
The colonists believed that a good government should protect people's rights. This idea started with _____.
A religious movement that encouraged more religious freedom, united the colonies through shared experiences, and helped set the stage for the ideas that led to the American Revolution.
What is The Great Awakening
Under this person's leadership, the British captured key forts, including Fort Duquesne and the French cities of Quebec and Montreal.
Who is William Pitt
After the French were defeated, Native Americans lost their allies and were forced to deal with the British, who raised prices and allowed more colonists to settle on Native lands. This led to ______in 1763.
What is Pontiac's War