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British buy raw materials from the colonies and sell them finished products.
British Mercantilism
An English document(1215) that gave certain rights to the English people. It later inspired Americans to draft the Constitution after the American Revolution.
Magna Carta
Large plantations; fertile land and long growing seasons
southern colonies
Which of the following statements about indentured servitude is true?
(1) Indentured servitude was the means by which most Africans came to the New World
(2) Indentured servitude never attracted too many people because its terms were too harsh
(3) Indenture was one system used to distinguish between house slaves & field slaves
(4) Indentured servitude was a system that exchanged voyage to the New World for a fixed number of years of service to a master or owner
(4) Indentured servitude was a system that exchanged voyage to the New World for a fixed number of years of service to a master or owner
led directly to the increased importation of enslaved Africans to the Western Hemisphere (colonies)
Triangular trade
a set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower.
Mayflower compact
known as the bread- basket
Middle colonies
The Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights were significant influences on United States constitutional development because they
(1) provided suffrage for all men and women
(2) placed limits on the powers of the government
(3) called for the abolition of slavery
(4) supported the development of federalism
2) placed limits on the powers of the government
Period of time when the British ignored the colonies because they only wanted to benefit from the economic prosperity of the colonies. Led to the development of independent colonial trade practices
Salutary Neglect
The first government anywhere in the English colonies in America that became a symbol of representative government. It later inspired the development of Congress, the House of Representatives and the Senate
Virginia House of Burgesses
rocky soil not good for farming; economy was based on trade because of the surrounding harbors
New England Colonies
Colonial-era New England Town meetings and the Virginia House of Burgesses were both
(1) early social reform movements
(2) attempts to build a strong national government
(3) steps in the growth of representative democracy
(4) efforts to regulate trade with Native American Indians
(3) steps in the growth of representative democracy
man or woman who signed a contract by which they agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for transportation to the colonists and, once they arrived, food, clothing, and shelter. Adults usually served for four to seven years and children sometimes for much longer, with most working in the colony's tobacco fields.
Indentured servant
Early attempt by Benjamin Franklin to unify American colonies under British rule during the French and Indian War. Many colonies objected to it because colonial assemblies did not want to give up their individual power.
Albany plan of Union
Grew crops like tobacco and rice; cash crops
southern colonies
One reason traditions of self-government developed in the American colonies before the French and Indian War was that the British
(1) sent effective leaders to govern colonial settlements
(2) required colonial representation in Parliament
(3) practiced salutary neglect in the colonies
(4) maintained a strong military presence in the colonies
(3) practiced salutary neglect in the colonies
a person who is property of another and forced to obey; forced labor
slave
The slogan Benjamin Franklin used to get the colonies to unify against the French in the French and Indian War.
"Join or Die"
known for ship building and fishing
New England colonies
Which statement about the British colonial policy of mercantilism is most accurate?
(1) Raw materials from the colonies were shipped to England.
(2) England encouraged the colonies to seek independence.
(3) The colonies were required to send manufactured goods to Europe.
(4) The British opposed the use of slave labor in the colonies.
(1) Raw materials from the colonies were shipped to England.