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Life in the Colonies
Government, Religion, and Culture
France and Britain Clash
The French and Indian War
Miscellaneous
100
What type of farming was practiced in New England?
Subsistence farming
100
To make money from trade, England needed to ________________ more goods that it _____________________.
EXPORT, IMPORTED.
100
What proposal sought to unite the American colonies against the French?
Albany Plan of Union
100
What country gave up all power in North America under the Treaty of Paris?
FRANCE
100
Why did the Navigation Acts anger the colonists?
They restricted trade.
200
What type of farming was practiced in New York?
Cash crop
200
What type of woman could run a business and own property?
Unmarried
200
Describe the Iroquois Confederacy.
Powerful group of Native Americans
200
What leader recognized that British settlers threatened the Native American's way of life?
Pontiac
200
What was the name of the religious revival that swept through the colonies?
Great Awakening
300
What was the most profitable cash crop in South Carolina and Georgia?
rice
300
Where was the first public education law passed?
Massachusetts
300
What are a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies called?
Militia
300
What did William Pitt do?
Oversaw the war effort from London
300
What theory holds that a nation's pwoer depended on expanding its trade?
Mercantilism
400
Who were the laborers for the Southern rice fields?
enslaved Africans
400
What type of person was entitled to vote for legislators?
White men who owned land
400
Describe Washington's expeditions into French territory.
FAILURE. 1. French rejected demands. 2. Inexperienced and outnumbered.
400
Who was Edward Braddock?
British commander in North America
400
Who exemplified the Enlightenment?
Benjamin Franklin
500
Which colonies had the fastest growing economies because of their large tobacco plantations?
None! Georgia and South Carolina did because of RICE.
500
How did England view its North American colonies?
as an economic resource
500
What was the message of the first political cartoon? What does it mean?
UNITE OR DIE. The colonies must unite because they are harmless apart.
500
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
halted westward expansion
500
Where did most of the German immigrants settle?
Pennsylvania