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45 Cards in this Set
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New England farmers practiced subsistence farming because____________________________ |
1) soil rocky 2) growing season was short
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What products were exported from New England as part of the triangular trade? |
1) rum 2) sugar 3) molasses 4) slaves |
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An area that ran along the far western edges of the colonies |
Backcountry |
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Native Americans uprising against the Puritan colonies 1675-1676 |
King Phillip's War |
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It was difficult to have large, independent farming businesses in New England therefore farmers produced just enough for one's needs |
Subsistence Farming |
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Laws passed by the English to ensure that England made money from its colonies' trade or received money from colonial trade |
Navigation Acts |
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How did New England's location near the sea affect its development? |
Whaling and fishing became major economic activities, forests provided timber to build ships. |
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Complex system of transatlantic exchange of slaves, rum, sugar and molasses (money& wealth) |
Triangular Trade |
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Economic system that European nations used to enrich their treasuries |
Mercantilism |
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Why did England pass Navigation Acts? |
To make money from its colonies trade |
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Major Provisions of the Navigation Acts: |
1)All goods had to be carried on English ships or on ships made in the English colonies 2) Products such as tobacco, wood, and sugar could be sold only to England and its colonies 3) European imports to the colonies had to pass through English ports 4) Officials were to tax any colonial goods not shipped to England. |
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Importing and exporting goods illegally |
Smuggling |
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A legendary pirate which interfered or prevented colonial shipping |
Blackbeard |
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A period of hysteria in which many that were falsely accused of witchcraft were arrested, tried, and executed. |
The Salem Witchcraft Trials |
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Watch over and direct the work of enslaved people |
overseers |
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shared land where public activities took place |
common |
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How did farming in the South differ from farming in New England? |
a) New England - small farms and numerous towns b) South - large plantations |
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a wealthy Virginia that described the slave trade as "disgraceful to mankind" |
George Mason |
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valuable crops shipped to foreign markets for great profits |
Cashcrops |
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groups of landless frontier settlers complained about high taxes and Governor Berkeley's inability to protect from Native Americans, resulting in the burning of Jeamstown to the ground |
Bacon's Rebellion |
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the flat land along the coast |
Tidewater |
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Reasons why large plantation owners turned to slavery? |
1) cheap 2) unable to find enough indentured white servants |
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Ways in which Africans resisted enslavement: |
1) worked slowly 2) damaged goods 3) deliberately carried out orders the wrong way 4) pretend they didn't understand tasks - act dumb
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A revolt of 20 slaves that grew to over 100 in which many Africans killed whites as a rebellion for working as a slave |
Stono Rebellion |
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Because of the Stono Rebellion and other slave revolts, planters________________________ |
made slave codes more strict |
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By 1750, the majority of enslaved Africans in America lived in ? |
Southern Colonies
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The Middle Colonies produced so much grain that people began calling them: |
Bread Basket |
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plant that produces a deep blue dye |
indigo |
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crops raised too be sold for money |
cash crops |
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introduced indigo as a successful plantation crop |
Eliza Lucas |
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the highest ranking social group |
elite |
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Because of its enormous trade including cash crops of grain this Pennsylvania city became the fastest growing city in the colonies |
Philadelphia |
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Reasons why the Middles colonies grew: |
1) harbors made excellent ports 2) fertile countryside made good crops 3) immigrants attracted to regions tolerance |
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German built wide wheels suitable for dirt roads, curved beds to prevent spilling, and canvas covering that offered protection from the rain |
Conestoga wagons |
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Skilled craftspeople, such as blacksmiths, iron workers, makers of glass, furniture, and kitchen ware were know as: |
artesians |
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The Backcountry was a region of dense forest and rushing streams in or near the ____ _____ |
Appalachian Mountains |
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In the South, the Backcountry began at the ______, where waterfalls prevent large boats from moving upriver. |
fall line |
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A broad plateau known as the _______ lies at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains |
Piedmont |
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The Backcountry was mainly settled by: |
Presbyterians of Northern Ireland |
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Reasons why backcountry life was unique: |
1) wild and mountainous region 2) attracted independent settlers that resented government control |
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distinct religious groups |
denomination |
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Who built the Consetoga wagons? |
the Germans |
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Who came to the Middle Colonies: |
Dutch and German farmers |
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By the 1700s, the colonies formed 4 distinct regions: |
1) New England colony 2) Middle Colonies 3) Southern Colonies 4) Backcountry |
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Most populated colony? |
New England |