Studies Weekly Week 10 Colonial Life

How did the colonists acquire American Indian land?

• They agreed to live together, they shared it, or they bought it.

• They made a contract and paid rent.

• They negotiated, traded, or forcefully took the land.

• They worked together as partners in trade and farming.

How did proprietors get wealthy?

• They raised taxes.

• They charged rent.

• The king gave them a salary.

• They sold large pieces of land.

What is land speculation?

• when people live on the land without permission

• when people buy up land for the resources

• when people buy large areas of land and sell it in small lots

• when people buy up lots of small lots to make one big area

What is a tariff?

• a tax on goods coming from another country

• a tax on services in cities

• a tax on paper and tea

• a ship that carries cargo from another country

The voyage from Africa to the colonies in the Western Hemisphere was called the __________.

• Outward Passage

• Middle Passage

• Northwest Passage

• Inward Passage

What factors determine the price of tobacco?

• labor, harvest, and market

• cost of production, the quality, and how much is available

• cost of seed, labor, or packaging that is available

• cost of shipping, labor, and how much is available

The plantation owner was always in a cycle of __________.

• debt

• growth

• wealth

• planting

The men, women, and children from Africa who were enslaved were considered __________ by their enslavers.

• family

• workers

• laborers

• property

By the 1700s, the laws in Virginia began to distinguish __________.

• women from men

• Black people from white people

• wealthy men from poor men

• landowners from merchants

By the early 1700s, the colonies had established __________.

• social networks

• a greater trade balance

• treaties with the American Indians

• many churches