Trans-Atlantic Trade
What is the Trans-Atlantic Trade?
A three-way voyage made by merchant ships.
What year did the French and Indian War happen?
The French and Indian War broke out in 1754.
Southern Colonies were primarily focused on agriculture. Examples include; Tobacco, indigo, and rice.
What kind of English goods were sailed to Africa?
Rum and cloth (among other things).
What was the cause of the French and Indian War?
A long-simmering rivalry between Great Britain and France and their competition for territory in North America. Great Britain challenged the French for control of the land that is now Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
What is the Middle Passage?
The sea voyage that carried Africans to North America.
The Treaty of Paris (1763), forced France to turn over control of Canada to Great Britain. France also surrendered its claim to all land east Mississippi River, with the exception of the city of New Orleans.
How many slaves were packed in to cargo holds during the Middle Passage?
Between three and four hundred slaves were packed into the cargo holds of ships for the journey to North America.
What was the reason for the Proclamation of 1763?
Americans for forbidden from settling beyond the Appalachian Mountains in an effort to limit their conflicts with American Indians as well as to keep colonists in designated areas to allow the government to gain much-needed revenue.
How did farms expand during the 1600s?
There were never enough workers available to plant, grow, and harvest the crops, so farmers turned to African slaves to do this work.
What were the requirements of the Stamp Act?
The Stamp Act required the colonists to print newspapers, legal documents, playing cards, and so forth on paper bearing special stamps.
What are huge motivators for each colony?
Southerners: Economic opportunity, Cash Crop, Geography.
New England: Religious Freedom, and Economic Opportunities.
Mid-Atlantic: Opportunity, Trade, Religious Freedom