Cards in this guide (18)
Why was the colony of Jamestown established
To make money for the Virginia Company.
What was one result of the French and Indian War
Results of the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years War, included:
- Increased taxes on the American colonists to pay for the war
- England acquired the former French territories in Canada and owned all the land from the Atlantic Coast to the Mississippi river.
- French from Acadia were expelled and migrated to Louisiana, forming the Cajun culture
- settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains was forbidden by the Crown
- England acquired formerly French territory in the Caribbean and in India.
- King George III taxed American colonists to pay for the war.
- King George III would not let colonists settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Houses in Colonial America were most often made of which material
Wood was the most common material in colonial times.
Results of French and Indian War
Cause of French Indian war
What was the major economy of the middle colonies
Family farms and merchants
Who captured the Africans who were sold in the Atlantic slave trade
West African slave traders
Who controlled a married English woman's property
Why did the colonists need artisans
They made items the colonists needed.
What was one way plantation owners defended the idea of owning slaves
By saying that non-Christian people could be slaves.
What was one positive thing that Europeans received from the Columbian Exchange
Which of these is a reason plantation owners preferred to have slaves rather then indentured servants
The children of slaves women were slaves who didn't need to be
purchased
How did the fact that people began living longer in the colonies affect attitudes toward labor
it increased the value of owning slaves over hiring indentured
servants
Which colonial region was known for supporting both plantations and family farms
What is a difference between English law and the laws affecting slaves in Virginia was that under English law
The social condition of a father determined that of his
child.
Former slaves who were released from slavery were called
The upper class of colonial cities most often included
Answer this question… Wealthy merchants
Farming in which colonial region tended to wear out the soil and created demand for additional farmland to the west
By the mid 1700s slaves in Virginia were
Private property, like farm animals.