Farming French and Indian War Economics Things you should know Misc.
New York practiced what type of farming
Cash Crops
Subsistence farming was practiced in what section of the colonies
New England
Rice was most profitable in which two states?
South Carolina Georgia
What does the term “backcountry” refer to?
The region of small farms in the Southern colonies
“Tidewater” refers to what region
Large Southern plantations
The Seven Years War was between what two countries?
France and England
The purpose of the Albany Plan of Union was to…
Unite American colonies against the French
What British commander was sent to conquer the French in the Ohio Valley?
Edward Braddock
Who oversaw the war effort from England?
William Pitt
What treaty ended Frances power in North America?
Treaty of Paris
Mercantilism is defined as:
An economic theory – a nations power depends on expanding its trade
What group of people provided labor for the Southern rice fields?
Enslaved Africans
List and define the three types of colonial farming
Subsistence Cash crops Plantations
The laws that governed slaves were called:
Slave Codes
How did William Pitt pay for the huge war debt?
He taxed the colonists.
Civilians trained to fight in emergencies
Militia
The religious revival in the 1730’s ’s
The Great Awakening
He exemplified the Enlightenment.
Ben Franklin
The first college in U.S.
Harvard
George Washington became a hero when he lost at
Fort Necessity
The French and Indian War was also known as
The Seven Years War
He was the Ottawa chief
Pontiac
The purpose of the Proclamation of 1763
To halt westward expansion
The Native American that recognized the British settlers threatened their way of life
Pontiac
What was the Iroquois Confederacy?
A powerful group of Native Americans.