Question | Answer |
raw material | a natural resource that can be used to make a product. |
ally | a friend, especially in times of war. |
treaty | an agreement between groups or countries. |
land grant | a gift of land from the government. |
plantation | a large farm. |
planter | a plantation owner. |
indentured servant | a person who agrees to work for another person without pay for a certain length of time, usually in return for travel or living expenses. |
descendant | a person’s children, grandchildren, and so on. |
In 1754 who went to war in Europe? | France and Britain |
Because the French and the British were both helped by their Native American allies, the war became known as the? | French and Indian War |
Spain joined what country and its Native American allies to fight the British? | France |
The British captured what, the capital of Cuba, and one of Spain’s most valuable ports? | Havana |
When the war ended the countries signed the? | Treaty of Paris |
To get Cuba back, Spain gave up what to Britain? | The Florida colony |
Florida was a challenge for the British because? | The Spanish did not want to live under British rule. |
Florida was so large that the British split it into how many colonies? | Two |
What were the two colonies the British created in Florida called? | West Florida and East Florida. |
The capital of West Florida was? | Pensacola. |
The capital of East Florida was? | St. Augustine. |
West Florida’s soil was too sandy for? | farming |
East Florida had excellent farm land, but needed more? | people |
The British government gave out what to attract people to East Florida? | land grants |
Some wealthy settlers in East Florida started what? | Plantations |
Plantation owners needed many workers to run their large farms so they had? | enslaved Africans (slaves) |
Five main crops grown in Florida were? | citrus fruit, rice, cotton, sugarcane, or indigo. |
In the 1500s what countries all began claiming lands in the Americas? | England, France, Holland, and Portugal |
The English colonies provided England with what products? | fish, tobacco, wood, iron ore, and other raw materials |
English settlers in the what colony were angry with Spanish colonists in Florida? | Carolina |
In 1702 the governor of Carolina, James Moore, led about 1,200 English soldiers and allies in an attack on what? | St. Augustine |
In 1733 Britain started it’s thirteenth colony named?. | Georgia |
The first governor of Georgia, was whom? | James Oglethorphe |
In 1740 Oglethorpe and his men marched to Fort Mose, nobody was there, so they? | set the fort on fire. |
Which Indians from Alabama and Georgia began moving into northern Florida? | The Creek and Yuchi |
The Yamasees, allies of the British, were also living in Florida, they were called? | Seminoles |