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| farming in which only enough food to feed one's family is produced |
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a region of flat, low-lying plains along the seacoast
*where most of the larger plantations were located |
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farm crop raised to be sold for money
*tabacco, corn, indigo |
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| a region of hill and forest west of the tidewater |
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| her invented things, had his own printing press, made Albany Plan of Union, poster child for the Enlightenment |
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planter and serveyor from
Ohio, his mission was to go to the French fort Duquesne to tell the French to leave, he built Fort Necessity across the river from Fort Duquesne to try to stop them |
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| Franklin's plan called for "one general government" for 11 of the American colonies to stand against the French |
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| Seven Years War (French and Indian War) |
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| Critian declared war of France in 1756, it was a conflict between Britain and France over the land and who owned it, but later Native Americans who sided with the French because of their long history of coexistance |
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| movement during the 1700's that spread the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society, Franklin was the poster child |
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| A Native American who led attacks against British people |
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| a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies |
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| King George III declared that the Appalachian Mountains were the temporary westen boundary for the colonies |
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| 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 |
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| British comander and cheif from Britain |
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| came to power as secretary of state and then as prime minister, made all of the colonies debts be paid by Britian (meaning the costs for the army, materials, and every other expense from the war for land) |
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| the laws passed in the Southern states that controlled and restricted enslaved people |
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| the inhumane part of trangular trade |
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| A trade route that exchanged goods betweenthe West Indies, the Aerican colonies, and West Africa |
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| officer of British troops, led a British assault that recaptured the fortress at Louisburg, led attack on Montreal |
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| land exchange after the war, gave Florida and French territory to Britain and Spain |
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| the theory that a state's or nation's power depended on its wealth |
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| first college in the colonies |
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| raids by Native Americans against British colonist, in 1763, during the summer, Native Americans killed English settlers along the Pennsylvania and Virginia frontier |
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| Where was the most important shipping port in North America? |
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| Who provided most of the labor in Southern rice fields? |
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| Describe the relationship between England and the 13 Colonies? |
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| England used the colonies as an economic resource |
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| Why are Native Americans important to the clash between the French and British? |
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| provided most of the population in the war, because they determined the outcome of the war (Seven Years War) |
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| Why do most Native Americans help the French during the Seven Years War? |
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| Because they have had a long history of positive coexistance but the Natives habe had problems with the British |
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| Describe how the triangle trade routes worked. |
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The boat would be made in New York, loaded with crops, and sent to Europe. After the crops were unloaded, rum, and manufactured goods would be loaded onto the ship, and then it would sail to
Africa. Where the rum and manufactured goods would be unloaded, and then African American slaves would be loaded onto the ship. Then the ship would be sent back to the Americas, where the slaves would be sold. |
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| What crop grew the best in South Carolina and Georgia? |
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| What role did slavery play during colonial america? |
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| it was the source of most money making |
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