Vocab
owner (of a colony)
proprietor
What happened to the ratio of the English population to colonist population from 1700 to 1775?
it declined
Which act attempted to cut off American trade with the French West Indies?
Molasses Act
intensely passionate
fervid
What group of immigrants massacred the Conestoga Indians?
Scots-Irish
whose court case helped establish freedom of the press?
Zenger
conduct or speech inciting people to rebel
sedition
When did signs of social stratification begin in the colonies?
1700s
Where did the bulk of Chesapeake tobacco go near the Revolution?
France
strongly criticized
assailed
what was the route that exchanged rum for slaves and slaves for molasses, etc.?
triangular trade
why did most colonists come to America?
a better life
public statement that undermines respect for government officials
seditious libel
What was the most important manufacturing activity in the colonies?
lumbering
why didn't England allow the colonies to halt the slave trade?
too lucrative