Vocab
a small army
militia
The French and Indian War was a battle betweeen....
the French and the British
One of the major impacts of the French and Indian War was...
The British went into debt
This colonial region had rocky soil, dense forests, and natural harbors
New England
Plantations in the South needed a large number of these to work the fields.
Enslaved people
treaty
The French and British were fighting over....
The Ohio Valley
Did not provide them with weapons to hunt, pushed them off their land, regarded them as savages
These Southern crops made a lot of money for plantation owners.
Rice, Tobacco, Cotton
The Middle Colonies were known for having people from many countries and beliefs.
The most diversity
The economic idea of a place exporting more than they import
mercantilism
The French wanted this land because....
They could trade furs with the Native People
What did colonists have to start paying more of because of the war debt of the British
Taxes
This region’s economy was based on small farms, fishing, shipbuilding, and trade.
New England
These colonies attracted people from Germany, Ireland, and other parts of Europe.
middle colonies
Stamp act
required colonists to buy a stamp for every piece of paper they used.
The British wanted this land because...
Their colonies were expanded and because they wanted more farmland
British
This geographical feature of New England made shipbuilding and trade easy.
Natural harbors and waterways
This region had settlers who mostly came for economic opportunity rather than religious reasons.
Southern Colonies
Tyranny is...
unjust use of government power
This treaty ended the French and Indian War.
The treaty of Paries (1763)
American Revolution
The Southern Colonies' geography was especially good for growing these kinds of crops.
Cash Crops
This was a leader who led a rebellion against the British in 1763 after they took over the Ohio Valley
Pontiac