04 Life in Colonial America

To produce and sell a product to a foreign country.

• import

• export

• mercantile

A military force made up of ordinary citizens.

• militia

• apprentice

• alliance

A strategy where just enough is produced to meet immediate needs.

• diversity

• mercantilism

• subsistence farming

The permanent movement of people to one country from another.

• export

• immigration

• epidemic

An economic theory on how to build a wealthy, powerful country.

• mercantilism

• subsistence farming

• diversity

Why did slavery become so common in the Southern Colonies?

• Southern farmers were not as dedicated as farmers from the New England and Middle Colonies.

• The crops grown in the South required a lot of workers.

• Slavery was not legal in any of the other colonies.

What was the nickname for the portion of 'triangular trade' that transported Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the American Colonies?

• Southern Passage

• Secret Passage

• Middle Passage

In a representative government, whom do the lawmakers represent?

• The citizens of a country

• The King or Queen

• The indigenous or native people of a country

Which of the following put limits on Colonial trade?

• Colonial Charter

• Navigation Acts

• Merchant Pledge

Who were the only people who could vote in the colonies?

• Free African Americans

• indentured servants

• white, male property owners