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13 Colonies
Colonial Life in the 13 colonies and other related stuff
| whatever | whatevr |
|---|---|
| subsistence farming | Growing enough food for the family, with a little extra for trading. |
| Why were the New England colonies founded at first? | for religious regions |
| Around when did colonists start coming to NE for economic reasons? | mid 1700s |
| What were NE's main sources for economic development? | fishing, ship building, and trade |
| cash crop | Plants grown and harvested to make money. |
| What were the middle colonies' main sources for economic development? | farming and trading cash crops |
| Which region of the colonies had the most diversity? | The middle colonies |
| Why did the Backcountry not trade with the colonies? | they were beyond the fall line |
| fall line | A mountain range's high points, here water falls prevent boats from going upstream. |
| What nationality were most of the settlers in the Backcountry? | Scottish or Irish |
| Who did the Backcountry settlers rely on? | themselves |
| What were the three stops of the triangular trade route? | England, Africa, and America |
| middle passage | journey from Africa to America |
| How many captives died during the middle passage? | about half |
| What year was there one slave in the colonies? | 1655 |
| Where was the one slave in the colonies? | Virginia |
| How many slaves were there in colonies in the early 1700s? | over 5000 |
| What year were there 45000 slave in the colonies? | by 1750 |
| What kinds of work did slaves have to do in the north? | maids, farm hands, drivers,cooks, gardeners, and skilled laborers |
| What kinds of work did slaves have to do in the south? | mostly plantation work, sometimes same as north but not usually |
| How did slave codes affect Africans in colonial times? | They prevented them from earning any rights and repressed them. |
| mercantillism | favorable balance of trade (more exports than imports) |
| negatives of exclusively trading with England | England passed acts benefiting them, not colonies |
| posatives of exclusively trading with England | protection, made many NE merchants rich, kept mid's ports busy, guaranteed market for south's crops, get bank credits |
| What was the goal of the navigation acts? | forcing Americans to buy English goods |
| What were some of the navigation acts? | restricted manufacturing in colonies, only British ships, imports pass through England first, and restricted trade items |
| How colonial economy grew overtime | strong start by supplying England with raw materials and trading for goods for colonies, colonies develop internal economy with cottage industries and barter system, with English salutary neglect colonists prospered and soon became better off than English |
| cottage industry | a business or manufacturing activity carried on in a person's home |
| How did smuggling industry get started? | the molasses act; to avoid taxes |
| Backcountry | Colonial region that ran along the Appalachian Mountains through the far western part of the colonies. |
| Conestoga wagon | A vehicle with wide wheels, curved bed, and a canvas cover used by American pioneers traveling west. |
| gristmill | A mill in which grain is ground to produce flour or meal. |
| piedmont | A broad plateau that leads to the foot of a mountain range |
| triangular trade | the transatlantic system of trade in which goods, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies, and the colonies in North America |
| slave codes | laws that limited how blacks and whites could act with each other |
| task system | a system used on slave plantations to require on job every day |
| montract | agreement between a worker and his boss |
| indentured | required to work as payback for the journey from Europe to America |
| bondage | required to work for someone who owns the worker like property |
| enslave | a state or being trapped or restrained by someone or something |
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