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Where did tobacco go?
From America to England
Where did slaves go?
From Africa to Caribbean / America
Where did sugar go?
From Caribbean to America
Where did manufactured goods go?
From England to America
What region was a melting pot of settlers?
Middle Colonies
What was the most common crop in America?
Corn
Who was Metacomet?
King Phillip
What tax was common in the colonies to pay before voting?
Poll Tax
Who had the “power of the purse”?
Elected Assembly / Colonial Legislatures
This main crop was grown using the tides.
Rice
Where were most slaves sent in the 1700s?
Central / South America
Wars and disease cut Indian population in ____ in the New England colonies.
half
Natural increase had greater impact in the 1700s than __________.
immigrants
What was the primary tax paid by colonist who owned land?
Property Tax
The majority of southern colonists were what?
Small / subsistence farmers.
What region in America had fertile land for growing crops?
Middle / Southern colonies.
A three tear conflict between Indians and New England colonists.
King Phillip’s War
Conflict in Virginia between settlers and the colonial government.
Bacon’s Rebellion
The local army of a colony.
Militia
Justice of the peace.
Judges
A war in 1637 between Massachusetts Bay colonists and Indians.
Pequot War
Basic unit of government in New England.
Township
A wave of immigrants from Europe to America.
Great Migration
Farmers growing crops for their family.
Subsistence farming
Large farms that grew cash crops.
Plantation
Place where Indians could learn about the bible.
Praying towns
An undeveloped area in Western America.
Frontier
Wagons that settlers used to carry goods.
Conestoga Wagon
A trade route between Africa, America, and Europe.
Triangular trade
A route Daniel cleared in the Appalation Mountains.
Wilderness road
What natural barrier provided the western boundary of the English colonies?
The Appalachian Mountains
Common occupations of the New England colonies.
Ship builders, whalers, fisherman, merchants
Economic activities of the middle colonies.
Fur trade, grow crops, raise livestock, skilled workers
Economic activities of the southern colonies.
Food crops, cash crops
What dangers were on the frontier that colonists faced?
Skirmishes with Indians, clashes with ethnic groups.
Name two motives Christians had for converting Indians.
Concern for Indians soul, wanted the Indians to become civilized.
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