Triangular Trade
Traded from Africa to the Caribbean or America
Slaves
The most common food crop in America was
Corn
Middle colonies
By the early 1700s, ____ had a greater impact than immigration on the growth of the colonies
natural increase
The local army of a colony was called the
militia
Traded from the Caribbean to America
Sugar
The main crop in tidewater areas of the southern colonies was ____since the tides could be used to raise and lower the water level in the fields
Rice
An undeveloped area at the edge of the settled area is called
Frontier
The vast majority of colonists were ____
subsistence farmers
Governors appointed judges, also called _______, who held trials, settled disputes, collected taxes, granted licenses, recorded property deeds, and served other public needs
justice of the peace
Traded from America to England
Tobacco
New England has a _____ growing season
short
The ____mountains formed the western boundary of the British colonies for over 100 years
Appalachian
Travelers on the wilderness trails often used ____ wagons to carry their belongings
Conestoga
Free adult white male property owners who could vote for representatives were called
freeholders
Traded from England to America
Manufactured goods
Farmers who raised just enough crops and livestock to provide for their families were called _____ farmers
Subsistence
The route Daniel Boone helped clear through the Appalachian Mountains is the ____ Road
Wilderness
The wave of immigrants that came from Europe to American in the early years of colonization is called the _____ ______
Great Migration
In New England the basic unit of government was the
township
The network of routes between Africa, the Americas, and Europe was called
the triangular trade
Large farms in the south that grew cash crops often with slave labor were ______
plantations
The main north-south pathway from Pennsylvania to Georgia was called the Great ____ Road
Wagon
The Indian population was reduced by ____ because of wars, disease, and the flight of many Indians from the area
half
The colonial legislature, or elected assembly, had the "power of the ____" because it paid the governor's salary and financed government activities
purse