4709911226 | cash crop | were grown and were sold for a profit so that colonists could buy manufactured goods Crops that could be sold easily in markets in the colonies and overseas. | 0 | |
4709911227 | staple crops | these were raw materials that had fairly large and constant markets. Tobacco, rice, blue purple dye called indigo are examples | 1 | |
4709911552 | tidewater | Where the largest Southern plantations were located, it was flat low lying plains along the seacoast - sometimes located on rivers so crops could be shipped easily | 2 | |
4709911553 | piedmont | the hilly upland region of the eastern US, located between the Atlantic coastal plain ad the Appalachians and stretching from southeast New York to central Alabama. | 3 | |
4709911814 | Nathaniel Bacon | was a wealthy colonist of the Virginia Colony, famous as the instigator of Bacon's Rebellion of 1676, which collapsed when Bacon himself died from dysentery. | 4 | |
4709911815 | middle passage | The inhumane part of the triangular trade, shipping enslaved Africans to the West Indies. | 5 | |
4709912053 | overseer | plantation superviser who watched over and directed the work of others | 6 | |
4709912054 | artisans | A worker in a skilled trade. a craftsperson | 7 | |
4709912669 | mennonites | a member of a Protestant sect originating in Friesland in the 16th century, emphasizing adult baptism and rejecting church organization, military service, and public office. | 8 | |
4709912947 | militarism | the policy of maintaining a strong military organization in aggressive preparedness for war. | 9 | |
4709913203 | scotch-irish | Queen Elizabeth hoped that by moving this group of people to Ireland, their influence would abolish Catholicism. The migration of this group of people was a bad idea and they did not get along with the Irish. This group of people then left Ireland for America. They were accepted more in America then the Germans because they spoke English. They also took up farming. | 10 | |
4709914131 | five basic themes of geography | Location, Place, Human-Enviorment Interactions, Movement, Region | 11 | |
4709918173 | Large plantations were located near what and why | RIVERS, there was little reason for towns to develop. no need to city dock facilities or warehouses. goods could be stored on the plantations and shipped up the river. | 12 | |
4709921393 | Bacon's Rebellion | Uprising of Virginia backcountry farmers and indentured servants led by planter Nathaniel Bacon; initially a response to Governor William Berkeley's refusal to protect backcountry settlers from Indian attacks, the rebellion eventually grew into a broader conflict between impoverished settlers and the planter elite. | 13 | |
4709923252 | Triangular Trade | When colonial mechants DIDN'T go to England and back. Instead, sugar and molasses to West Indies, from West Indies to New England etc etc. | 14 | |
4709924418 | Diversity | Germans, together with Dutch, Swedish and other non-English immigrants - with diversity came tolerance for religion and cultural differences. Not in New Enland. | 15 | |
4709924790 | Back Country | Region west of the Tidewater were the hills and forests climbing up toward the Appalachian Mountains. Hardy newcombers - grew corn, and tabacco on small farms. | 16 | |
4709925281 | Overseers | People who were hired to oversee the slaves and keep them working hard. | 17 | |
4709926012 | Slave Codes | Strict rules governing the behavior and punishment of enslaved Africans. | 18 | |
4709926606 | Mercantilism | English manufacturers used raw materials to produce finished good which they sold to the colonist. | 19 | |
4709927500 | Export | to sell abroad | 20 | |
4709927794 | Import | to buy from foreign markets | 21 | |
4709928407 | Smuggling | to trade illegally with other nations - against the law. | 22 | |
4709929253 | Charter Colonies | Connecticut and Rhode Island - established by settlers who had been given a charter, or a grant of rights and privileges. | 23 | |
4709929782 | Proprietary colonies | Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania - were ruled by proprietors. Generally free to rule as they wish. | 24 | |
4709930083 | Royal Colonies | Georgia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina , South Carolina, and Virginal - ruled by Britain. | 25 | |
4709930295 | Apprentices | Families arranged for their sons to work as indentured servants for farmers to learn the craft and trade. | 26 | |
4709930887 | Southern Colonies : Crops of Maryland and Virginia | Tobacco | 27 | |
4709932709 | Southern Colonies: Crops of South Carolina and Georgia | Rice - very popular in Southern Europe, price rose, South Carolina and Georgia had the fastest growing economies | 28 | |
4709933736 | New England Colonies | New Hampshire, Massachusettes, Rhode Island, Conneticut | 29 | |
4709934028 | Middle Colonies | New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware | 30 | |
4709934260 | Southern Colonies | Georga, South Carolina, North Carolina Virginia, Maryland. | 31 | |
4709935117 | 13 Colonies | New Hampshire, Massachusettes, Rhode Island, Conneticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia. | 32 | |
4709950871 | What did the Germans bring to the New world. | Set up language school and newspapers. They were productive farmers. | 33 | |
4709951841 | What were the Germans productive farmers in? | Wheat, Rye, Beef, huge hams, hides and leather goods. | 34 |
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