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Hardships and Happenings in the Colonies
Trade Winds and Treasure
100
a military force made up of ordinary citizens
Militia
100
the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies.
The Middle Passage
100
"Humans have the natural rights of Life, Liberty, and Property"
John Locke
100
This "Movement" inspired colonists to focus on rituals and established church practices
The Great Awakening
100
The Triangular Trade involved which three primary trading partners?
Europe, Africa, the Americas
200
a 17th-18th century economic theory that a country will build up gold and silver reserves by exporting more than it imports and getting raw materials from established conlines.
Mercantilism
200
Based on the map, what besides enslaved people was imported to the Americas from Africa?
Gold
200
"Humans are selfish/evil by nature and require a monarch to rule".
Thomas Hobbs
200
"They ran households, cared for children, and often worked in the fields" - in colonial society
Women
200
What was the primary purpose for enslaved Africans in the Americas?
To provide a large labor force when working on plantations
300
Producing just enough to meet immediate needs. Often found in the New England Colonies.
Subsistence Farming
300
a group of Native American nations joined together under one government.
The Iroquois Confederation
300
"We must have the separation of the Church and the State!"
Voltaire
300
New England colony literacy rates were higher due to the reading of this book
The Bible
300
The middle colonies were filled with Diversity because of immigration. What is a good definition of immigration?
The permanent movement of people into one country from other nations
400
"A system by which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government."
Representative Government
400
Which European Country was forced out of North America following the the Treaty of Paris and the end of the French and Indian War?
France
400
"Separation of powers within a government is a necessity"
Montesquieu
400
Choose all correct 4 or lose the points. Which cash crops were exported from the 13 colonies to Europe and the rest of the world?
Tobacco, Oatmeal, Wheat, Rice, Corn, Indigo, Cotton, Rum, Sugar, Dr. Pepper
Tobacco
Rice
Indigo
Cotton
400
Plantation owners not being allowed to teach their enslaved Africans how to read or write might be an example of this baviorial system
Slave Codes
500
morality or a standard of righteous behavior in relationship to a citizen's involvement in society
Civic Virtue
500
What was the name of the region that British and French were fighting over in the French & Indian War?
The Ohio River Valley
500
"People enter into a Social Contract with their ruling government"
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
500
John Peter Zenger's trial was a key step toward which freedom?
Freedom of the Press
500
known for most of his life as Gustavus Vassa, this historical figure was a writer and abolitionist. According to his memoir, he was from the village of Essaka in present day southern Nigeria. Enslaved as a child in West Africa at the age of 11, he was shipped to the Caribbean and sold to a Royal Navy officer where he was separated from his sister.
Olaudah Equiano