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13 English Colonies
The thirteen colonies and their regional differences:"Crearing America" chapter4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a mill in which grain is ground to produce flour or meal | gristmill |
| a variety of people | diversity |
| a skilled worker who makes goods by hand | artisan |
| a crop grown by a farmer to be sold for money rather than personal use | cash crop |
| a plant grown in the Southern colonies that yields a deep blue dye | indigo |
| a worker hired by a planter to watch over and direct the work of slaves | overseer |
| an uprising of slaves in South Carolina leading to the tightening of already harsh slave codes | Stono Rebellion |
| laws designed to control slaves and keep them in bondage | slave codes |
| mountain range running from Alabama into Canada | Appalachian Mountains |
| a point at which a waterfall prevents large boats from moving farther upriver | fall line |
| a broad plateau that leads to the foot of a mountain range | piedmont |
| a colonial region that ran along the Appalachian Mountains thorugh the far western part of the New England, Midddle, and Southern colonies | Backcountry |
| a farm that produces enough food for the family with a small additional amount for trade | subsistence farming |
| the transatlatic system of trade in which goods, including slaves were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies and the colonies in North America | triangular trade |
| a series of laws passed by Parliament to ensure that England made money for its colonies' trade | Navigation Acts |
| How did most people in New England earn a living? | farming |
| What factors lead to the decline of the Puritan religion in New England? | -The drive for economic success competed with Puritan ideas. -increasing competition from other religion groups -political changes -new charter |
| What religion was most powerful in New England? | Puritans |
| There were many immigrants that were what in New England? | Scots-Irish |
| What colonies made up New England? | Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire |
| What did the Navigation Acts of New England consist of? | AllShippingHadToBeDoneOnEnglishShipsOrShipsMadeInTheColonies-ProductsSuchAsTobacco,Sugar,AndWoodCouldBeSoldOnlyToEnglandOrItsColonies-EuropeanImportsToTheColoniesHadToPassThroughEnglishPorts-EnglishOfficialsWereToTaxAnyColonialGoodsNotShippedToEngland |
| In what region were most people farmers? | New England |
| What were the Middle Colonies? | New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware |
| Why did immigrants from all over Europe come to the Middle Colonies? | to take advantage of this region's productive land |
| What people were skilled artisans? | Germans |
| What were the three main cash crops of the Middle colonies? | fruits, vegetables, and GRAIN |
| What was THE MAIN cash crop of the Middle Colonies? | GGRRAAIINN!! |
| True or false: Unlike all the other colonies, slavery did not exist in the Middle Colonies... | false: it existed, just not as much |
| In about 1750, about how much of the Middle Colonies' population was enslaved? | 7 percent |
| About what percent of all enslaved Africans lived in the Southern Colonies? | 85 percent |
| How much of the Southern Colonies' population was made up of enslaved Africans? | 40 percent |
| What was one of the most famous slave rebellions in the Southern Colonies? | The Stono Rebellion |
| What occured during the Stono Rebellion? | -20 slaves gathered at the Stono River -killed several planter families -marched south -invited others to join them to seek freedom -all slave participants died either in battle or were executed |
| Why did people in the Southern Colonies turn to African Slaves? | 1. Native Americans died of European diseases 2. Native Americans knew the area well enough to run away 3. White servants could not be kept on plantations permenantly |
| Why did settlers move to the Backcountry? | the land was cheap and plentiful |
| Which settlers migrated to the Backcountry? | Scots-Irish |
| In what order do you encounter the Appalachian Mountains, fall line, and piedmont? | 1. Fall line 2. Piedmont 3. Appalachian Mountains |
| How stressed am I? (just to add another percentage to make it more confuzzling?) | 100 percent |
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