| Vocabulary | ||
| #1 | What is Subsistence Farming? |
Growing enough food to only feed one's family.
Small Farms! |
| #2 | What is a militia? |
A group of soldiers made up of citizens.
(untrained) |
| #3 | What is an indentured servant? |
Someone who trades their labor for 3-7 years to be sent to the New World.
TRIP for LABOR |
| #4 | What was the triangular trade and what was the most common good traded? |
A trade between 3 countries or continents, where different goods would be traded to make money.
Slaves .
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| #5 | What are guerilla tactics? Who would be most likely to use them during the French and Indian War? |
Hit-and-run attacks or sneaky warfare, usually used by smaller forces against bigger groups of enemies.
The French and Native Amricans |
| The Colonies | ||
| #1 | Grain/wheat represented 75% of this region's economy? |
The Middle Colonies |
| #2 | Which colonial region had the most slaves? |
The Southern Colonies |
| #3 | What is a plantation? Which region grew the most of them? |
A plantation is a large farm where cheap labor would work to grow the crops.
The Southern Colonies. |
| #4 | Name at least two New England resources. |
Timber, Fish, Whales.
The rocky soil means that the New England colonists have to rely on the ocean and timber to survive. |
| #5 | What was the nickname of the Middle Colonies? |
The "Breakbasket" Colonies |
| Mapping/Geography | ||
| #1 | What are the four colonies in New England? |
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire |
| #2 | What are the four colonies in the Middle Colonies? |
Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, New Jersey
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| #3 | What are the 5 colonies in the Southern Colonies? |
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
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| #4 | Which Mountains separated the Backcountry from the 13 Colonies? |
The Appalachian Mountains. |
| #5 | France gave up all the land east of which river after the French and Indian War? |
The Mississippi River. |
| The French and Indian War | ||
| #1 | Which 3 groups were involved in the French and Indian War? |
The British, The French, and the Native Americans. |
| #2 | Who won the French and Indian War? |
The British. |
| #3 | Why did the French and Indian War happen? |
English settlers moved into the backcountry taking resources/land from the French and Native Americans.
Then the French started building military forts in the Backcountry. |
| #4 | What was the proclamation of 1763 and who issued it? |
It was a law passed by King George III in England. It stated that English colonists could not pass the Appalachian Mountains and settle in the Backcountry.
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| #5 | What were the effects of the Treaty of Paris? |
Ended the French and Indian War.
New France gave up all the land East of the Mississippi to the British.
Relationships between the British and Native Americans got worse. |
| Miscellaneous | ||
| #1 | Who did John Rolfe marry? |
Pocohantos |
| #2 | What is a primary source? What is a secondary source? |
A primary source is something from the time period or a lived experience- A diary from the time, artifacts from the time, etc,
A secondary source - Something that comes after an event such as a summary or a textbook. |
| #3 | What are cash crops? |
Crops grown for their profit/trade, rather than purely for eating.
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| #4 | What is an inference? |
Figuring out something that wasn't obvious or explained by using facts or details that you do know. |
| #5 | Who was a leader of the Puritans? |
John Winthrope |
| Final Question | |
