13 Colonies
What is a cash crop?
What is crops grown to be sold for cash
One way colonists participated in their government that was different from England
Who were slaves?
The columbian exchange is also known as
what is the triangular or transatlantic slave trade
people who lived in North and South America before the arrival of europeans (white people)
What are the 3 geographical regions of the 13 colonies?
What is New England, Middle, and Southern?
The main reason for the variety of products in the different regions of the country was the differences in
What is geography and climate
Who were indentured servants?
Poor European (white) people who worked under slave like conditions for 4-7 years to get a free trip to America and land after their contract.
What is north and south america
The colonists kept trying to take the natives land
This was the nickname of the Geographical region that was home to cities like New York and Philadelphia (in PA)
What is the Breadbasket of the colonies
The type of government the colonists had was called a
What is a democracy
What made slavery different and more harsh than indentured servitude?
It was hereditary (passed from parents to child)
the continents known as the "old world"
what is Europe and Africa
Name of the war fought between the British and French
they were interested in trading with Native Americans rather than taking their land
Climatic conditions (Hot weather, fertile soil) in the southern colonies most directly influenced the development of
the plantation system (slaves)
Which group of colonies would catch whales for their meat, oil and bones and also cut down trees for their lumber?
what are the new England colonies
Why did slavery grow?
demand for cash crops, and racism.
what are diseases that killed the native Americans? small pox etc
Where is the Ohio River Valley located?
between the Mississippi River and Appalachian Mountains
This current U.S state was once apart of the Colony of Massachusetts
What is Maine?
The person who came up with the term "Consent of the people"
who is John Locke?
In the 1700s, the triangular trade led directly to the
increased importation of enslaved Africans to the Western Hemisphere
what is sugar and coffee
Why did the French have more allies in the New World than the English.
the French were interested in trading with Native Americans rather than taking their land