Vocab 1
What is the leg of the triangular trade route in which enslaved Africans were shipped to the West Indies?
Middle Passage
Who practiced Fur trapping?
The French
Who were the only people who could vote in the colonies?
White Male property owners
What was the main cash crop of South Carolina and Georgia?
rice
The most inhumane aspect of the triangular trade was the
Middle Passage
What increased interest in science as a way to improve society?
Enlightenment
Which document marked the end of France as a power in North America?
Treaty of Paris
Which group controlled the economic and political life of the Southern Colonies?
Plantation Owners
Which religious movement in the colonies called for a return to the strong faith of earlier days?
Great awakening
Why did the Native Americans generally distrust the British?
The British were greedy for land
The main reason for population growth in the colonies was
Immigration
Which proposal sought to unite the American colonies against the French?
The Albany plan of union
Who provided labor for the Southern rice fields?
Enslaved Africans
What was the name of the small post that George Washington established in Ohio country?
Fort Necessity
Where was the hub of the shipping trade in North America?
New England
Which type of farming was practiced in New England?
subsistence
The Proclamation of 1763 called for
Stop westward expansion.
By 1700, the major powers in North America were the
British and French
In the Southern Colonies, the region of small farms near the Appalachian Mountains was called the
Backcountry
Although widows and unmarried women enjoyed certain rights, they could no
Vote
Which theory holds that a nation's power depends on expanding its trade?
Mercantilism
The area that France and Britian fought over is known as
The Ohio Valley
The British prime minister who drove the French out of America was
William Pitt
Which of the following means producing just enough to meet the families' needs, with little left over to sell or exchange?
subsistence farming
The Great Awakening represented
a religious revival