French and Indian War
What is another name for this war?
The 7 Years War
Define Salutary Neglect
Great Britain's lenient method of governing the colonies.
A group of these people put in prison for owing money settled in the Southern Colonies (Georgia).
Who were debtors?
This was a group that settled in the Middle Colonies and believed that all people were equal. They refused to fight wars.
What are Quakers?
This group wanted a place to practice thier religious beliefs and founded the Massachusetts Bay colony (Salem, Boston)in New England. They wanted to "purify" the Church of England.
The Puritans
Who was involved in this war?
The French and the Indians vs. the British and the Colonists.
What is the Middle Passage?
A triangular trade route reaching the New World, Europe, and Africa. Africans traded slaves to America, the Americas sent raw goods to Europe, Europe developed these goods and used them to trade in Africa.
This colony was founded as a border colony between South Carolina and the Spanish
What is Georgia?
These crops grew well in the Middle Colonies and were exported. They gave these colonies the nickname the "breadbasket" colonies. (Name two)
What are wheat, corn, and rye?
This was the leading industry in New England?
What was shipbuilding?
What caused the war to start? What was it that they wanted?
The colonists wanted to expand west to the Ohio River Valley to participate in the fur trade?
What was the Townshend Act?
An act passed that taxed lead, paper, glass, paint, and tea.
These made up a large part of the Southern economy.
What is a plantation?
New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey
These were exports of the New England colonies. (Name two)
What is lumber, dried fish, whale oils, furs, and grain?
What was the proclamation that was passed afterwards? What did it entail?
The Proclamation of 1763 stated that Colonists could not expand west past the Appalachian Mountains due to constant Indian attacks.
A bridge exposed during the Ice Age that allowed for the migration of people from Asia through Alaska.
What is the Bering Land Strait?
Name all of the Southern Colonies
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Maryland
A Quaker who helped found the colony of Pennsylvania. He was member of the "Society of Friends."
William Penn
The major event that took place in Massachusetts. Many young women were accused and sentenced to death for this. There was only spectral evidence, and yet, many died.
What were the Salem Witch Trials.
Which future president served in the war?
A series of strings knotted together used to keep records. What is it called and which civilization used it?
What is a Quipu?
Who are the Incas?
These were cash crops exported from the Southern Colonies. (Name 3)
What is tobacco, indigo, rice, cotton, and sugar?
How was Great Britain able to obtain the Middle Colonies?
They sent a fleet of ships to the Dutch-settled, New Amsterdam, ran by Peter Stuyvesant. The Dutch gave up without a fight.
Name all of the New England Colonies.
Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire