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42 Cards in this Set
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_________- is when framers produced just enough to meet the needs of their family
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subsistence farming
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A trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, the American colonies, and West Africa.
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triangular trade
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farm crop raised to be sold for money
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cash crop
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variety or difference
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diversity
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a region of flat, low-lying plains along the sea-coast
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Tide-water
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a region of hills and forests west of the Tide-water
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backcountry
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a person who supervises a large operation or its workers
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overseer
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what natural resource was important to New England's shipbuilding industry?
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lumber
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The middle passage involved what type of cargo?
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enslaved Africans
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North Carolina was a ___ colony
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royal
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One of the important preachers of the Great Awakening was
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Jonathan Edwards
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One of the first cases concerning the free press in America involved
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John Peter Zenger
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The British and French clashed over territory in the ___ river valley
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Ohio
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The most powerful group of Native Americans in the East was the ___ Confederacy
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Iroquois
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Virginia governor Robert Dinwiddie sent____ to establish a fort in the Ohio territory
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George Washington
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The British prime minister who directed Britain's successful war effort was ____
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William Pitt
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The Proclamation of 1763 did what?
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It halted settlers' westward expansion at the Appalachian Mountains.
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trading illegally with other nations
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smuggling
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to buy from foreign markets
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import
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group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies
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militia
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another word for a union
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an alliance
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to sell abroad
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export
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bosses hired by plantation oweners
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overseers
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another word for investor
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speculator
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a leaning assistant is called an
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apprentice
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What was the importance of cash crops?
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Cash crops could easily be sold in both the colonies and in Europe. They brought in revenue to the seller. The larger the land and the harvest from that land, the more the revenue increased.
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How did the triangular trade affect American Society?
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it brought more help to the farmers and their families. Also, it made new products possible because people could use the raw materials to make new things (ex. sugar..)
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How did the regions in the colonies differ from one another?
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Ways of earning a living were different in each colony.
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Why did the use of enslaved workers increase in the colonies?
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The southern colonies needed workers to work on their large farms.
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Why did the Navigation Acts anger the colonists?
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because the colonists did not want to trade only with England
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Who had the right to vote in colonial legislatures?
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White men who owned property
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Why did wars in Europe spread to the American colonies?
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Great Britain and France were always fighting. As the British colonies grew, they started to expand toward the French colonies.
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What was the purpose of the Albany Plan of Union?
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It laid out a plan that would unite the colonies, but none of the colonies wanted one government to rule them. They were not ready to give up their powers.
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Why is it important to understand chapter 4?
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Independence was a spirit that became evident early in the history of the American people. The spirit of independence contributed to the birth of a new nation, one with a new government and a culture that was distinct from those of other countries. American's today still value independence. We can practice any religion and we have the right to free speech and to help make laws.
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Why were the enslaved Africans forced into such a brutal existence during the Middle Passage?
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The enslaved Africans’ captors and the people on the ship did not think of Africans as people but as cargo. Because the slave trade was so profitable, these people only thought of enslaved Africans as a way to make more money. As a result, the more people they could pack on a ship, the more money they would make.
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what were the navigation acts?
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laws that controlled the flow of goods between England and the colonies.
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What was triangular trade?
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a trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, the American colonies, and West Africa
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Where were rice and tobacco grown?
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Tobacco and rice were grown on plantations in the south.
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ion of the south had plantations?
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They were in the Tidewater region of the South.
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what natural resource was important to New England's shipbuilding industry?
lumber oil coal iron |
lumber
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The Middle Passage involved what type of cargo?
molasses enslaved Africans run sugar |
enslaved Africans
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North Carolina was a _ colony.
charter proprietary royal corporate |
royal
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