Unit 1 English Colonization (Fall 2018)

The Southern Plantation economy was based on

• cash crops and slave labor.

• shipbuilding, fishing/whaling, lumber and trade.

• agriculture, lumber, livestock, iron ore and iron products.

• wheat, corn and other grains.

This is a map of what regioin?

• New England Colonies

• Mid-Atlantic Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Which colonial region is know as the bread basket because they grow wheat, corn and other grains?

• New England Colonies

• Mid-Atlantic Colonies

• Southern Colonies

What theory held that the Earth had a limited supply of wealth in the form of natural resources, especially gold and silver, so the best way to become a stronger nations was to acquire the most wealth.

• Plantation Economy

• Mercantilism

• Quasi Economics

• Trans-Atlantic Trade

According to mercantile (mercantilism) theory, colonies could strengthen the mother country by

• Producing manufactured goods.

• Providing needed raw materials.

• Providing for political and religious dissidents.

• Providing land for sale by Proprietors and speculators.

Which statement BEST describes the New England colonies?

• They were primarily established by people looking for religious freedom.

• They traded goods produced on large plantations and farms in the South.

• They had the longest growing season and the warmest weather of any of the colonies.

• They were established as a buffer zone between the colonies and the Spanish settlements.

The following elements in the list were all vital to:

Molasses

Sugar

Rum

Iron

Tobacco

Indigo

• the cash crop economy

• the Great Awakening

• the trans-Atlantic trade

• the New England economy

What would be a great title for this map?

• Middle Passage

• Triangular Trade

• Trans-Pacific Trade

• Colombian Exchange

The "middle passage" of the slave trade was the:

• forced march of slaves through central Africa from their homelands

• holding pens where African captives were held before being sold to plantation owners

• ship voyage across the Atlantic in the cargo decks

• public auction of slaves in the Caribbean

The difference in the economic development of the Mid-Atlantic, New England, and Southern colonies can BEST be attributed to

• customs of the immigrants.

• geographic conditions in the colonies

• level of education of their citizens.

• differences in their colonial governments.