American Republic - Chapter 3 Review

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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.