Columbian Exchange
List 3 important crops that came from the new world.
Tomatoes
Corn
Chocolate
Potatoes
Name all 4 of the New England Colonies.
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Name all 4 of the Middle Colonies.
Pennsylvania
New York
Delaware
New Jersey
Name all 5 of the Southern Colonies.
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
What was the war fought over?
Land
Territories and expansion throughout North America. Ohio River Valley
Explain triangular trade.
Trade from Europe to Africa to the Americas. This trade was part of the Columbian Exchange. Food, slaves, ideas, diseases, etc were all traded during this.
What were the main economic activities in the New England Colonies due to the rocky soil and harsh winters?
Fishing, shipbuilding, and trading
What were the Middle Colonies known for?
Crops like oats, wheat, and barley.
Fur trade.
Quakers/Religious Tolerance
Name the 4 most important crops to the Southern Colonies.
Tobacco
Rice
Indigo
Cotton
Name the alliances and the major players of this war.
French and the Natives against the British.
The forcing of African people from Africa to the New World as part of the Atlantic Slave Trade is called...
The Middle Passage
This New England Colony was the first permanent colony in the region.
Plymouth
What was New York originally called?
New Amsterdam
What was the most important thing to the southern colonies?
They produced the largest amount of America's crops.
Because of this, they relied heavily on slavery.
What happened at Fort Necessity?
In 1754, Washington's surprise attack upon a small French force and his subsequent surrender to French forces at the Battle of Fort Necessity helped to spark the French and Indian War.
List 3 reasons why European countries were interested in establishing colonies in the Americas after the Columbian Exchange began?
Wealth including resources and land.
Political liberties.
Religious freedoms, and to convert others to their religion.
What was the Great Awakening.
The Great Awakening refers to a series of religious revivals that swept through the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s.
What was the name of the main Native population that traded fur with colonists.
The Iroquois Confederacy
Who established Georgia, and why?
James Oglethorpe.
Intended as a buffer against Spanish Florida.
What did the Treaty of Paris of 1763 do?
It ended the French and Indian War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies.
Write a definition of the Columbian Exchange.
The Columbian Exchange is the process by which plants, animals, diseases, people, weapons, food, and ideas have been introduced from Europe, Asia, and Africa to the Americas and vice versa.
Why was the Mayflower compact important?
It was the first document to establish self-government in the New World and set the stage for the United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence
What is an indentured servant?
What roles and occupations would they have?
a labor system in which individuals, known as indentured servants, agree to work for a specified number of years (typically 4 to 7) in exchange for passage to a new country, food, shelter, and basic necessities.
They worked in cities as skilled laborers, such as blacksmiths and carpenters. Other slaves worked on farms, on board ships, and in the growing shipbuilding industry
What happened during the Starving Times of Jamestown?
John Smith was injured and taken back to England.
This led to conflict between the natives and the colonists.
Poor Leadership, food shortages.
The population decreased dramatically.
What is the point of learning about the French and Indian War? Why is it important?
The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution.