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Eberhard Ch. 6
Eberhard: Ch. 6 English Colonial Life
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| New England resources | Thick forests, Abundant sea life |
| Middle Colonies resources | Temperate climate, rich soil |
| Southern Colonies resources | Warm/wet climate, rich soil |
| New England industries | lumber, ship-building, fishing and whaling |
| Middle Colonies industries | farm products (breadbasket of the colonies) |
| Southern Colonies industries | cash crops (rice, indigo, tobacco) |
| economic policy by which the mother country tried to make money off the colonies through trade | mercantilism |
| three continents involved in colonial trade | North America, Europe, Africa |
| What was sugar purchased in the West Indies and brought to New England made into? | rum |
| What was rum exchanged for in Africa? | slaves |
| colonial trade routes that formed a triangle | triangular trade routes |
| What kind of goods did Europe trade for rice, indigo, and tobacco from North America? | manufactured goods |
| The part of the slave’s journey aboard ship between Africa and the American colonies | Middle Passage |
| What were the slave ship captains interested in? | making money |
| a noted colonial journalist and scientist and was widely respected in Europe as well as in America. | Benjamin Franklin |
| relying on themselves for what they needed | self-sufficient |
| Who settled the Middle Colonies? | people from many different countries who came for many different reasons |
| large farms in the Southern Colonies | plantations |
| plantation owners | planters |
| What two groups were used for plantation labor before African slaves? | Indians and indentured servants |
| What were African slaves knowledgeable in that helped make plantations profitable? | herding and growing rice |
| What happened to the demand for slaves as a result of making plantations profitable? | demand increased |
| Where did the harsher form of slavery come from? | plantations in the British West Indies |
| How did African slaves influence colonial culture? | through their music, sea grass baskets, and food |
| a dialect spoken by slaves that developed in the Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia | Gullah (Gee-chee) |
| Where did many runaway slaves go to join Native American tribes? | Florida |
| 5 ways slaves resisted slavery | rebellions, running away, work slowdowns, pretending to be sick, breaking tools |
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