Vocab
Flat, low-lying plains along the seacoast.
Tidewater
In the New England colonies, these two cities became the two largest cities in the Americas.
New York and Philadelphia
Person who risks money in order to make a profit.
Speculator
The French and Indian War was part of the bigger war called the...
Crop that can be easily sold.
Cash Crop
Region of hills and forests among the Appalachian Mountains.
Backcountry
Three stops on the Triangular Trade Route
New England, East Indies, and West Africa
Groups of civilians trained to fight in emergencies.
Militia
How many colonies approved the Albany Plan?
NONE
Settlements by groups who Great Britain had given a grant to rights and privileges. (Connecticut and Rhode Island)
Charter colonies
Producing only enough for your family's needs.
Subsistence Farming
First Colonies to pass public Education Laws in 1647.
Massachusetts
What is it called when William and Mary take power in England from her dad James II?
The Glorious Revolution
By 1700 the major powers in North America were...
The British and the French
Settlements ruled by those to whom Great Britain had granted land. (Pennsylvania)
Proprietary Colonies
Goods that are sold abroad.
Exports
Fort Duquesne was built where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet to from the...
Ohio River
The plantation bosses who kept the enslaved Africans working hard were called...
The most inhumane aspect of the triangular trade was the...
Middle Passage
Trading illegally with other nations.
Smuggling
The small post built by George Washington in the Ohio country called...
Fort Necessity
One of the more well-known preachers during the Enlightenment, who was he?
George Whitefield
Jonathan Edwards
The Proclamation of 1763 called for...?
a halt to westward expansion
The laws that directed the flow of goods between England and the colonies were called?
The Navigation Acts