Vocabulary
To trade one good for another.
Barter
The main focus of these colonies was plantation farming.
Southern Colonies
What was the first step in slave trade?
Africans were captured
Before conflict with Native Americans began, natives helped colonists with what?
farming
This war was fought between which two countries?
France (French) and Britain (British)
A military partner.
ally
The main focus of these two colonial regions was ship building and fishing.
New England & Middle
What was the name of the forced voyage of enslaved Africans on ships across the Atlantic Ocean from West Africa to the West Indies as part of the triangular trade route from the 1500s to the mid-1800s.
The Middle Passage
Who believed that no individual could own land?
American Indians
Who won the French and Indian War?
The British
An economic idea popular in the 1600s and 1700s, which suggested that governments should limit imports but increase manufacturing and exports, especially to colonies.
mercantilism
Which region had the most slaves?
Southern
Why were slaves first needed in the colonies?
Colonies were growing and needed more workers.
What caused misunderstandings between the colonists and Indians?
Cultural Differences
This war was fought over which piece of land?
The Ohio River Valley
A pattern of trade that developed during the 1600s and 1700s that had three parts and linked the 13 colonies with Europe, Africa, and the West Indies.
Triangular Trade
What happened to colonists who expressed opposing political or religious views in the Massachusetts colony?
They were forced to leave
Colonies needed slaves to ________.
grow crops
Which side were the American Indians on during the French and Indian War?
France (French)
The British sought assistance from who?
The Iroquois Tribe
An area that shares human or physical characteristics.
region
Life in all of the colonies was based around what?
church
Slaves revolted in many ways. Name two ways.
destroying property, stealing food, teaching themselves to read and write, escaping
What was the outcome of King Philip's War?
The American Indians were defeated.
The Proclomation of 1763 stated that colonists could not move into the Ohio River Valley. What was the purpose of this?
To prevent further conflict with the Native American tribes.