Colonial Economy

What is a crop that can easily be sold in local markets and overseas?

• principal crop

• seasonal crop

• oilseed crop

• cash crop

What was the job of the plantation overseer?

• to keep the slaves working

• to marry the slaves

• to help the slaves escape

• to manage the plantation home

Why were farmers in the Middle Colonies able to produce bigger harvests than New England?

• rocky soil / warm climate

• rocky soil / cold climate

• rich soil / cold climate

• rich soil / mild climate

Why didn't people in New England have large farms?

• They had rocky soil and cold climate

• They had rich soil and cold climate

• They had rocky soil and warm climate

• They had huge farms

What were New England's most important industries?

• Plantations

• Ports, farms, factories

• factories, wheat farms, fur trading

• fishing, whaling, ship building

What type of farms could be found in New England?

• Large farms

• small family farms- subsistence farming

• plantations

• there was no farming in New England

What happened to slaves that broke the Slave Codes?

• they were traded

• nothing

• they were warned

• they were severely punished

What was the route called between W. Africa and America that slaves were transported on?

• Center Passage

• Second Passage

• First Passage

• Middle Passage

Why were Southern colonies able to produce tobacco & rice when the Northern colonies couldn't?

• rocky soil/cold climate

• rocky soil/warm climate

• rich soil/cold climate

• rich soil/warm climate

The first permanent English settlement in America was ________________ in 1607?

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

• Maryland

• New York