Ch.4 Social Studies Quiz

Who fought the Seven Years' War?

Britain and Prussia (alliances) fought against the French.

Mercantilism

A theory that states: as a nation's trade grows, it's gold reserve increase, and the nation becomes more powerful.

Who was William Pitt?

A Secretary of State and then a Prime Minister.... Great Britain's prospects in America improved with him.

Enlightenment was.....

A movement during the 1700s that spread the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society.

What was the Iroquois Confederacy?

A powerful group of Native Americans in the eastern part of the United States made up of five nations: the Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga and Oneida.

What was the Great Awakening?

A religious revival through the colonies that started in 1720 and ended in 1740.

Part 2.) What did that mean for the two regions?

Allowed more crops to be grown in the Middle Colonies while in New England they were big on industry.

Ben Franklin was........

Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and in many ways the first American.

Proprietary Colonies

Colonies ruled by proprietors.

Who was Edward Braddock?

Commander in chief of the British forces in America and sent to drive the French out of the Ohio Valley.

Cash Crop

Crops that could be sold easily in markets in the colonies and overseas.

Charter Colony

Established by settlers who had been given a charter, or a grant of rights and privileges.

What immigrant groups settled in Pennsylvania?

German.

Why did the colonial population grow rapidly?

Immigration and colonial women tended to marry early and have large families.

Subsistence Farming

Producing just enough to meet the needs of their families, with little left over to sell or exchange.

What was the main crop in South Carolina and Georgia?

Rice.

What kind of farming existed in New York?

Subsistence farming.

Essay.) What were the Navigation Acts? And how did the Navigation Acts effect the colonists?

The Navigation Acts were a series of laws between 1651 and 1673 that directed the flow of goods between England and the colonies. The Acts prevented the colonists from sending certain products such as sugar or tobacco, outside England's empire. So without being able to send goods to other countries, the colonists made no money from trade during those years.

What colonies used subsistence farmering?

The New England colonies.

What differences existed between the Tidewater planters and the backcountry farmers of the south?

The Tidewater planters grew on a region of flat, low lying plains along the seacoast. Tidewater planters' plantations were large and often located on rivers so crops could be shipped to market by boat. The backcountry farmers of the south planted on a region of hills and forests climbing up to the Appalachian Mountains. The backcountry farmers grew corn and tobacco on small farms.

Part 1.) How did the soil in the Middle Colonies differ from that in New England?

The soil in the Middle Colonies was more fertile than the soil of that in New England. This allowed more crops to be grown in the Middle Colonies while in New England they were big on industry.

Import

To buy.

Export

To sell.