European Exploration
What nations had colonies in North America?
France, England, Spain. (Dutch)
After the French and Indian War, what document stopped colonizers from moving westward beyond the western Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation of 1763
What region was responsible for shipbuilding, whaling and making rum.
New England
What is Triangular Trade?
Trade between the 13 colonies, Europe, Africa and the Caribbean.
What is an indentured servant?
Someone who sells their labor for a period of time. Eventually free.
What are the three G's of exploration.
Gold, Glory, God
What act reduced the cost of this a certain good of the same name, but still resulted in said good being thrown into the sea?
What is The Tea Act
What region was known as the breadbasket region.
Middle
What does Africa trade to the new world?
Gold and slaves.
What is the difference between indentured servant and a slave?
Indentured servant is eventually free, slave is bound for life. Servants are protected under law, slaves are seen as property with no protections.
The area of Louisiana, Mississippi River Basin, and Canada was occupied by what country?
France
What did the Townshend Act of 1767 accomplish?
What region was responsible for producing cash crops such as tobacco and cotton?
Southern
What does the Caribbean/West Indies trade to the 13 colonies?
Slaves, sugar and molasses.
The forced movement of enslaved Africans to the new world is known as what?
Middle Passage.
What commerce did the French engage in with the Native Americans?
Fur trading
After the French & Indian War, what was the most significant impact that the colonists faced and why?
British Parliament was in debt after the French & Indian War, so they raised taxes on the colonist to make up for the finanicial loss.
What colonies make up the Southern region
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia.
In mercantilism, what is the purpose of having colonies?
For the mother country to become wealthy using resources from the colonies.
What part of Africa did the majority of slaves come from?
West Africa.
What economic idea pushed Europe to colonize the New World?
Mercantilism
Daily Double
How did the Stamp Act work?
What colonies make up the Middle region.
Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, New Jersey
Along the triangular trade route where did goods like rum, tobacco, lumber and fish come from?
The largest number of slaves were sent where?
Brazil and the Caribbean/West Indies.