Chapter 4: Life in the American Colonies

What was the name of the small post that George Washington established in Ohio country?

partnership of two parties

royal colonies

The Enlightenment was a religious movement.

After the Navigation Acts were passed, colonial merchants could not use foreign ships to send their goods.

What would be the best title for the map?

South Carolina and Georgia had the fastest growing economies in the colonies because of their large tobacco plantations.

King James II succeeded William and Mary in a peaceful transfer of power.

The Proclamation of 1763 ended the French and Indian War.

The first public education law was passed in Pennsylvania.

The main reason for population growth in the colonies was

crops that sold easily

author of Albany Plan of Union

Where were most of the large Southern plantations located?

Which religious movement in the colonies called for a return to the strong faith of earlier days?

Where was the hub of the shipping trade in North America?

Who provided labor for the Southern rice fields?

powerful group of Native Americans

What was the main cash crop of South Carolina and Georgia?

Which leader recognized that British settlers threatened the Native Americans' way of life?

During the Glorious Revolution, the British monarchy gained more power at the expense of Parliament.

Which of the following directed the flow of goods between England and the colonies?

What means producing just enough to meet the families' needs, with little left over to sell or exchange?

The most inhumane aspect of the triangular trade was the

Which type of farming was practiced in New England?

Who were the only people who could vote in the colonies?

What document marked the end of France as a power in North America?

The Great Awakening represented

Which man changed Britain's fortune in the war with France?

Which proposal sought to unite the American colonies against the French?

Most colonists placed a high value on education.

governed enslaved people

The colonists resisted the Navigation Acts because they wanted to manufacture their own goods.

In the Southern Colonies, the region of small farms near the Appalachian Mountains was called the

increased interest in science

Which of the following was a cause of the slave trade?

The case involving John Peter Zenger was an important step in establishing freedom of the press in America.

important New England industry

During the wars between France and Great Britain, Native Americans often helped the French by

How did most settlers in the Southern Colonies make their living?

How did England view its North American colonies?

Some people in New England used waterpower from streams to

Which of the following called for one general government for all the American colonies?

cultural variety

Which theory holds that a nation's power depends on expanding its trade?

economic theory

to change the religious beliefs of someone

Which group controlled the economic and political life of the Southern Colonies?

Which of the following increased interest in science as a way to improve society?

A colony in which an owner or a group of owners named the colony’s governor is called a

The Proclamation of 1763 called for

near Appalachian Mountains

peaceful transfer of power in England

The American who best exemplified the Enlightenment way of thinking was

Who were the people Equiano mentions that “had been receiving their pay”?

Although widows and unmarried women enjoyed certain rights, they could not

The idea of representative government was introduced by the colonists.

One of William Pitt’s goals for the French and Indian War was to conquer French Canada.

trading illegally

Where was George Washington's first command?

Why did the Native Americans generally distrust the British?

A group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies is called

Based on the map, what besides enslaved people was imported to the New World from Africa?

What were the first colleges set up to do in the colonies?

The plantation bosses who kept the enslaved Africans working hard were called

The British prime minister who drove the French out of America was

What was the type of farming practiced in New York?

proprietary colonies

The leg of the triangular trade route in which enslaved Africans were shipped to the West Indies was known as the

By 1700, the major powers in North America were the