Immigration
What was the term of service for indentured servants?
4-7 years
2nd leg
Who was the King that was an open Catholic and tried to rule without Parliament?
King James II
How were Native American-English relations in colonial America?
Bad, the British did nothing to stop the colonists
Where was the first battle of the French and Indian War?
Fort Duquesne
What was the chief port of the New England colonies?
Boston
What were the indentured servants offered in exchange for their labor initially?
Passage to the colonies
What leg went from Europe to Africa and what exchanged?
1st leg and manufactured goods for slaves
What is mercantilism?
British economic policy of accumulating wealth by keeping imports low and exports high
How did the Native Americans keep the balance of power?
Playing the French and British off on each other
Who led the colonial forces at Fort Duquesne
George Washington
Where did girls go to school to learn basic academic skills and household skills?
Dame Schools
Before 1660 which group dominated immigration from the England to the colonies?
English
What leg went from the Colonies to Europe and what was exchanged?
3rd leg, raw goods for manufactured goods
What can the Great Awakening be best characterized in the colonies?
Religious Revival
What was France's greatest advantage in North America?
Native allies
What was the military disaster the British suffered in 1755?
Braddock's Expedition
What is an example of a staple crop?
Wheat
Tobacco
Post 1660 which group from the North of England began to dominate immigration to the Colonies?
Scottish
What leg was from Africa to the colonies and what was exchanged?
2nd leg and slaves for raw goods
English Parliamentary law that stated that only British ships with British sailors could trade with the colonies
The Navigation Acts
Why did the Native Americans strive to keep a balance of power?
They knew that they would lose if one empire won out completely
How were the British able to turn the tide of the French and Indian War in 1758-1759?
The British cut off French shipping to North America
What was the climate like in the middle colonies?
Temperate
Post 1660, which group began to dominate immigration to the colonies from a small part of the Irish isle?
Scots-Irish
How was the journey on the middle passage?
extremely brutal
What was the movement that believed that all problems could be solved by human reason and thought
The Enlightenment
What was the agreement made between the Native Americans and the British in 1763
The Proclamation of 1763
What happened to the France’s native allies (a.k.a their greatest advantage) after the 1758-1759?
They abandoned the French in favor of the British
What is an example of a cash crop?
Indigo
Cotton
Rice
Post 1660, which group began to immigrate to the colonies that were not from the British Isles
Germans
How long was the journey on the Middle Passage?
at least 2 months
What is habeas corpus?
The right that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a crime
What was the uprising after the French and Indian War called?
Pontiac's Rebellion
When the French and Indian War finally ended when what was captured?
Montreal
Which port was the largest importer of slave to the American Colonies? (hint it is in the South)
Charlestown