Chapters 3

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Chapters 3 4 Test Review
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Farms that produced just enough to meet the needs
of their familiesSubsistence farming

• 2. The main economic activity in all of the
  colonies was
• Farming

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Early Government

• 3. The first representative legislature in the
  colonies- House of Burgesses
• 4. This document was created by the Pilgrims to
  pledge their loyalty to England and for them to
  promise to obey laws passed for the general good
  of the colony. The Mayflower Compact

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5. The first written constitution in America. It
described the organization of representative
government in detail.Fundamental Orders of
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6. 15,000 Puritans migrated to Massachusetts.
This is called the Great Migration.
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• 7. Why did Europeans choose to move to the
  Colonies?
• Religious reasons and Economic Reasons (trade)

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• 8. What colony did William Penn establish for the
  Quakers?
• Pennsylvania
• 9. Which colony was established as a safe haven
  for Catholics?
• Maryland

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• 10. Which colony was created so debtors and poor
  people could start over?
• Georgia
• 11. What was the leg of the triangular trade
  route in which enslaved Africans were shipped to
  the West Indies?
• Middle Passage

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12. Farm crop to be sold in markets in the
colonies or markets overseas?Cash Crops 13.
Why were the Middle Colonies called the bread
Basket coloniesAbundance of grain and wheat
crops
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New England

• 14. Where was the center of the shipping trade in
  North America?
• New England region
• 15. Describe the climate and geography in the New
  England colonies?
• - Cold, long winters
• Rocky soil
• Both bad for agriculture

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• 16. Describe the climate and geography in the
  Southern colonies?
• Mild winters, Warm summers
• Rich, Fertile soil
• Great for agriculture
• 17. What was the principle cash crop in Maryland
  and Virginia?
• Tobacco

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• 18. What was the principle cash crop in South
  Carolina and Georgia?
• Rice

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SLAVERY

• 19. How did the demand for tobacco affect the
  number of slaves in the Southern colonies?
• Demand for tobacco was high !!!
• Tobacco
• Plantation owners wanted to produce as much
  tobacco as possible. Therefore, there was an
  increase in slave labor (Free Labor)

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20. This English document guaranteed certain
basic rights to all citizens and will later
inspire the American Bill of Rights.The English
Bill of Rights(duh)
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TRADE
21. To sell abroad (ship out of) is to
EXPORT 22. To buy from foreign markets (to bring
in) is to IMPORT
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23. Who was the best known scientist in America
and exemplified the Enlightenment?Benjamin
Franklin24. Laws passed between 1651 and 1673
that directed the flow of goods between England
and the colonies (restricted trade)Navigation
Acts
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• 25. The economic theory that as a nations trade
  grows, its gold reserves increase and the nation
  becomes more powerful.
• Mercantilism
• WEALTH POWER

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• 26. The powerful religious revival that swept
  over the colonies beginning in the 1720s. It
  affected the way in which colonists viewed
  themselves, their relationships with one another,
  and their faith.
• The Great Awakening

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• 27. Another name for a plantation boss.
• Overseer
• 28. In 1215, this English document established
  the principle of limited government.
• Magna Carta
• Magna Carta 1215Limits power of the King

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• 29. This court case set the precedent for free
  press in America.
• John Peter Zenger

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• 30. By 1700, these two countries were the major
  powers in North America.
• England (Britain) and France

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• 31. Ben Franklins plan that called for one
  general government for all the colonies. He
  wanted to unite the American colonies against the
  French.
• Albany Plan of Union

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• 32. What was the war between the English and
  their Native American allies and the French and
  their Native American allies called?
• French and Indian War
• 33. What was the name of the treaty that ended
  the war?
• Treaty of Paris

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• 34. After the war, what did the British raise to
  help pay for the costly war?
• They raised taxes on the colonists
• Colonists did not like this

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• 35. To prevent more fighting, Britain called a
  halt to the settlers westward expansion. What was
  this called?
• Proclamation of 1763
• Colonists were not allowed west of the
  Appalachian Mountains
• The colonists also did not like this !!