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Vocabulary
Life in the Colonies
Government, Religion, and Culture
The French and Indian War
Other
100
A group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies.
militia
100
Of the 3 colonial regions, slavery occurred most in the:
southern colonies
100
In return for the payment of their passage to America, these people agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time.
indentured servants
100
The main reason Britain and France were rivals:
each wanted to be the most powerful country in the world.
100
The face of the Enlightenment
Benjamin Franklin
200
The ability to read and write.
literacy
200
Give two reasons why the colonial population saw a huge increase.
immigration, slavery, large families, healthy place to live
200
The idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society.
The Enlightenment
200
The most powerful group of Native Americans.
Iroquois Confederacy
200
This university was established in 1636 by the Puritans.
Harvard
300
A region of flat, low-lying plains along the seacoast where many plantations were located.
Tidewater
300
A set of laws that made sure Britain was the only country to benefit from the colonies.
the Navigation Acts
300
A religious revival, often referred to as a "new birth":
The Great Awakening
300
The _________________ divided North America between Great Britain and Spain.
Treaty of Paris
300
"No pains without gains" is a quote from:
Poor Richard's Almanac
400
An economic theory stating that a nation's power depends on expanding its trade.
mercantilism
400
Only these people could vote:
white men who owned property
400
One effect the Great Awakening had on colonial culture was:
the start of many new churches
400
An attempt to unify the American colonies.
The Albany Plan of Union
400
A type of farming in which you produce just enough to meet the needs of your family.
subsistence farming
500
Another name for an investor who risks money in order to make a large profit.
speculator
500
A type of colony in which people were given land by Britain and were free to rule as they wished.
Proprietary
500
In Britain, the shift of power from the monarch to the parliament was known as:
The Glorious Revolution
500
The name of the first fort built by George Washington in Ohio.
Fort Necessity
500
The most inhumane aspect of the triangular trade, shipping enslaved Africans to the West Indies, was known as the:
Middle Passage