Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Chapter 4
Test
24
History
8th Grade
11/23/2008

Additional History Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
What are three reasons the English colonies in America grew at a fast rate
Definition
  1. colonial women married easy
  2. immigration
  3. healthy area
Term
Whey were New England farms fairly small?
Definition
Long winters//rocky soil
Term
What were two major New England industries?
Definition
Ship building and fishing
Term
Where did New England ships sail to carry on trade?
Definition
Atlantic Coast
Term
Why were certain trade routes called the triangular routes?
Definition

Because they formed a triangle

Term
What was the middle passage?
Definition
A slave trade route
Term
What two seaports became the largest cities in the colonies?
Definition

New York (City) and Philidelphia

 

Term
What were four industries of the Middle Colonies?
Definition
Carpentary, lumbering,mining, iron making, flower making
Term
What did the diversity of the Middle colonies lead to?
Definition

Tolerence for different cultres/ religions

Term
What was the main cash crop of Maryland and Virgina?
Definition
Tobacco
Term
What was the main cash crop of South Carolina and Georgia?
Definition
Rice
Term
How did the tide water and backcountry regions differ?
Definition

Tidewater had more plantations for growing cash crops- backcountry is more for substistence farming

Term
What were the slave codes?
Definition
Strict rules that govern behavior punishment
Term
what often happened to families of enslaved africans?
Definition
Their family ties were broken
Term
What were some groups that were against slavery?
Definition
Puritans, Quakers Mennonites
Term
Milita
Definition
Group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies
Term
exports
Definition
goods that are sold abroad
Term
smuggling
Definition
trading illegally with other nations
Term
subsistense farming
Definition
producing just enough crops to meet the needs of one's needs
Term
cash crop
Definition
crop that can be easily sold
Term
backcountry
Definition

region of hills and forests climbing up towards the appaachinen mountains

 

Term
overseers
Definition
bosses hired by plantation owners to keep slaves working hard
Term
tidewater
Definition
region of flat, low lying plains along the southern see coast
Supporting users have an ad free experience!