European Exploration
What kind of crops were grown on plantations?
Cash Crop
True or False: Native people were treated well in the colonies
False
True or False: Tobacco was easy to grow in the colonies
False
What is a tariff?
a tax on goods coming form another country
Did the arrival of European settlers increase or decrease tension between Native American tribes? Why?
Increase. Tribes fought over territory, fought of trading resources, etc.
Why were native people and people from Africa enslaved?
For cheap labor to plant, harvest, and process cash crops
What happened to the children of enslaved people?
They were also enslaved
True or False: Most of Jamestown died during the first winter
True
What is speculation?
What is trade dependency?
When people keep trading to acquire the same items, they rely on that person to get that item
Who had the greatest authority in Christian countries?
The Pope
New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies
Why were people taken from Africa to the colonies?
To work on farms and plantations
Why were plantation owners always in debt?
They had to buy and sell goods through a broker
How did the French trade with the Native Americans? How was this different than the British trading with the Native Americans?
French respected the tribes and met them 1/2 way. British forced tribes to come to them.
What are privateers and how did countries use them?
Similar to pirates they would steal cargo in the name of their country to split profits and spread their government influence.
Why did the Puritans come to North America?
The first colonists in Jamestown spent their time doing what?
What two continents did the Middle Passage connect?
Africa and North America
How was Europe dependent on trade with the Native American tribes?
Clothing and fashion were made from American animals. (furs)
What was the exchange of goods, ideas, technology, diseases, plants, animals, and more between the Americas, Europe, and Africa called?
The Columbian Exchange
What was life like for women in the colonies?
Strict guidelines, restricted roles, expected to do household work, no rights on their own
What is brackish?
unusable water source as a mixture of salt and fresh water
Better communication
What were Dutch explorers mainly interested in?
the fur trade