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| New England farmers would produce enough to meet the needs of their families, with little left over to sell or ecxhange. |
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| When colonial mechants DIDN'T go to England and back. Instead, sugar and molasses to West Indies, from West Indies to New England etc etc.Page 103 study |
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| Crops that could be sold easily in markets in the colonies and overseas. |
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| Germans, together with Dutch, Swedish and other non-English immigrants - with diversity came tolerance for religion and cultural differences. Not in New Enland. |
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| Southern Colonies: Tidewater |
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| Where the largest Southern plantations were located, it was flat low lying plains along the seacoast - sometimes located on rivers so crops could be shipped easily |
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| Region west of the Tidewater were the hills and forests climbing up toward the Appalachian Mountains. Hardy newcombers - grew corn, and tabacco on small farms. |
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| People who were hired to oversee the slaves and keep them working hard. |
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| Strict rules governing the behavior and punishment of enslaved Africans. |
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| The inhumane part of the triangular trade, shipping enslaved Africans to the West Indies. |
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| English manufacturers used raw materials to produce finished good which they sold to the colonist. |
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| to buy from foreign markets |
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| to trade illegally with other nations - against the law. |
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| Connecticut and Rhode Island - established by settlers who had been given a charter, or a grant of rights and privileges. |
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| Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania - were ruled by proprietors. Generally free to rule as they wish. |
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| Georgia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina , South Carolina, and Virginal - ruled by Britain. |
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| religious revival. Preachers Jonathan Edward and George Whitefield |
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| Families arranged for their sons to work as indentured servants for farmers to learn the craft and trade. |
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| the ability to read and write. |
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| the increased interest in science. -Nature, staged experiments and published findings. Benjamin Franklin |
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| Southern Colonies : Crops of Maryland and Virginia |
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| Southern Colonies: Crops of South Carolina and Georgia |
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| Rice - very popular in Southern Europe, price rose, South Carolina and Georgia had the fastest growing economies |
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| 1720 - 1740's - a religious rivival which swept through the colonies. Preachers Jonathan Edward, George Whitefield. Created awareness of the importance of religion in people's lives. |
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| Limited government - protection against unjust punishment and loss of life, liberty and property, excpt according to law. |
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| Effects of Great Awakening |
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| 1. New religious groups are formed - baptist, methodists, presbyterians 2. Empahasis on education grows. 3. People are equal before God. 4. Americans are more willing to challenge authority. |
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| Established in 1570 - Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida. Played the British against French & dominated the area around the Great Lakes. |
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| group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies - 150 men. |
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| appointed by Great Britain in 1754 to force the french out of the Ohio Valley. He was killed |
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| the new leader after Braddock |
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| France was permitted to keep some of its sugar-producing islands in the west indies, but forced to give Canada and Mississippi River to Great Britain. The Treaty ended Frances power in North America |
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| Freedom of the Press - he faced charges of libel for printing a critical report about the royal governor of NY. He was found NOT guilty. |
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| New Hampshire, Massachusettes, Rhode Island, Conneticut |
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| New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware |
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| Georga, South Carolina, North Carolina Virginia, Maryland. |
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| New Hampshire, Massachusettes, Rhode Island, Conneticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia. |
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| War that led to the French and Indian War. The purpose was to drive the British out of Ohio |
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