Vocab
Define Agriculture:
Plants grown for the purpose of selling to make money
What did the Americas gain from the triangular trade?
Describe a Royal government
The king is hands on and making all the decisions for the colony: Example a parent and a child
Who are the three tribes native to South Carolina?
Catawba, Cherokee, Yemassee
What was the first English colony?
Roanoke, NC
Define: Middle Passage
The transportation of slaves across the Atlantic Ocean
Why did so many enslaved Africans die along the middle passage?
Disease and malnutrition
Describe a proprietary government:
What effect did the Europeans have on Native populations?
Killed them off from diseases
What was the first successful English colony?
Jamestown
Define Triangular trade:
The system of trade routes between Europe, Africa and the Americas
What was transported from Europe to Africa through the Triangular trade?
Manufactured goods = guns, knives, tools, cloth
How are the colonies of Barbados and South Carolina connected?
Many left Barbados and relocated in South Carolina and began using the plantation system. (we stole their agriculture system)
What are the three types of government in the colonies?
Royal, Proprietary and Charter
Why did Planters begin using slaves instead of Irish prisoners or indentured servants?
Slaves were more cost effective = cheaper
Define Salutary Neglect?
Colonies saw themselves as independent
What did Europe gain from the Triangular trade?
Raw materials for their factories/ crops they could not grow in Europe
Define Charter government:
Small independent colonies who attempted to make their own governments
Which region of the colonies was known for having a merchant economy?
New England
Merchants = boats/ shipbuilding
What kind of dog does mrs. G have?
A black lab
Define Mercantilism:
A mother country takes its colonies resources for money
Why was rice known as "Carolina Gold"?
What caused the rapid growth of slavery use in the Carolinas?
Agriculture/Cash Crops
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What was the FIRST colony in the new world?
DOUBLE POINTS
Which country owned the colony?
St. Augustine, Florida
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