Life in the Colonies
Government, Religion, and Culture
France and Britain Clash
French and Indian War
Miscellaneous
100
What type of farming was practiced in New England?
Subsistence
100
The theory of _____________________ holds a nation's pwoer depended on expanding its trade.
Mercantilism.
100
A group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies is called a ____________.
Militia.
100
The Seven Years' War was a war between what 2 countries?
Britain and France.
100
The most profitable cash crop in Virginia and Maryland was ______________.
Tobacco
200
What is the name for the leg of the triangular trade route in which enslaved Africans were shipped to the West Indies?
Middle Passage
200
To make money from trade, England needed to _______________ more goods than it _______________.
Export, imported.
200
The Albany Plan of Union sought to unite the American colonies against the _____________.
French.
200
Who was sent to conquer the French in the Ohio Valley?
General Braddock.
200
The most profitable cashcrop in South Carolina and Georgia was ___________.
Rice
300
What TWO colonies had farmers which grew cash crops?
New York and Pennsylvania
300
How did England view its North American colonies?
As an economic resource
300
The _____________________ was a movement which was based upon the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society.
Enlightenment
300
The French and Indian War was a war between ________________ and ______________.
Britain and France.
300
Who provided the labor for the Southern rice fields?
Slaves
400
What was the purpose of slave codes?
To govern the behavior of slaves so they would not escape.
400
Who had the right to vote for colonial legislators?
White men who owned property/land.
400
Who exemplified the Enlightenment?
Benjamin Franklin
400
Who changed Britain's fortune in the war with France?
William Pitt
400
Describe the Glorious Revolution.
The time period when elected officials became more powerful than the monarch.
500
Why were the middle colonies more open to cultural and religious diversity than were other countries?
They were more tolerant because there were a variety of immigrants who were GERMAN, DUTCH, and SWEDISH.
500
Describe the Navigation Acts.
Trade laws which strictly controlled what colonists could and could not do.
500
Describe the Albany Plan of Union
It was Franklin's Plan which called for one united government for the colonies. The colonies would not accept it.
500
Who recognized that British settlers threatened the Native Americans' way of life?
Chief Pontiac
500
Describe the Triangular Trade and list the 4 goods which were exported from the colonies. Tell where those goods went.
The triangular trade is a three-way trade between Britain, American colonies, and Africa. The American colonies exported rice, tobacco, indigo, and fur to Britain.
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